1 Kings 7:38

7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. ¹  Each basin was six feet in diameter; ²  there was one basin for each stand.

1 Kings 7:40

7:40 Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He ³  finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. ⁴ 

[7:38]  ¹ tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

[7:38]  ² tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.

[7:40]  ³ tn Heb “Hiram.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:40]  ⁴ tn Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the Lord.”