1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.”¹ It measured 15 feet² from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet³ high. Its circumference was 45 feet.⁴

1 Kings 7:31

7:31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long.⁵ On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.⁶

1 Kings 10:7

10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story!⁷ Your wisdom and wealth⁸ surpass what was reported to me.

1 Kings 13:8

13:8 But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions,⁹ I could not go with you and eat and drink¹⁰ in this place.

1 Kings 16:9

16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily¹¹ at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,

¹tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

sn This large basin that was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves (2 Chr 4:6; cf. Exod 30:17-21).

²tn Heb “ten cubits.”

³tn Heb “five cubits.”

⁴tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

⁵tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

⁶tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”

⁷tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

⁸tn Heb “good.”

⁹tn Heb “house.”

¹⁰tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

¹¹tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”