2 Chronicles 4:1-2

Context

4:1 He made a bronze altar, 30 feet¹ long, 30 feet² wide, and 15 feet³ high. 4:2 He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.”⁴ It measured 15 feet⁵ from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet⁶ high. Its circumference was 45 feet.⁷

[4:1] ¹tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the length would have been 30 feet (9 m).

[4:1] ²tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

[4:1] ³tn Heb “ten cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 15 feet (4.5 m).

[4:2] ⁴tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[4:2] ⁵tn Heb “ten cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the diameter would have been 15 feet (4.5 m).

[4:2] ⁶tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 7.5 feet (2.25 m).

[4:2] ⁷tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”