2 Chronicles 4:17
Context4:17 The king had them cast in earthen foundries 1 in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
2 Chronicles 4:2-3
Context4:2 He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” 2 It measured 15 feet 3 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet 4 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 5 4:3 Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches 6 all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”


[4:17] 1 tn Or perhaps, “molds.”
[4:2] 2 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”
[4:2] 3 tn Heb “ten cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the diameter would have been 15 feet (4.5 m).
[4:2] 4 tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 7.5 feet (2.25 m).
[4:2] 5 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”