1 Kings 7:24
Context7:24 Under the rim all the way around it 1 were round ornaments 2 arranged in settings 15 feet long. 3 The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.” 4
1 Kings 7:30
Context7:30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths. 5


[7:24] 1 tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[7:24] 2 tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”
[7:24] 3 tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.
[7:24] 4 tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”
[7:30] 5 tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.