2 Chronicles 4:3

4:3 Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches ¹  all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”

2 Chronicles 34:6

34:6 In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins ²  around them,

2 Chronicles 4:2

4:2 He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” ³  It measured 15 feet ⁴  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet ⁵  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 23:7

23:7 The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple ⁷  must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 23:10

23:10 He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. ⁹ 

[4:3]  ¹ tn Heb “ten every cubit.”

[34:6]  ² tn “In their ruins” is the marginal reading (Qere) of the Hebrew text.

[4:2]  ³ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

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

[4:2]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

[23:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[23:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and be with the king in his coming out and in his going out.”

[23:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he stationed all the people, each with his weapon in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”