1 Kings 7:27

7:27 He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.

1 Kings 7:30

7:30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.

1 Kings 7:32

7:32 The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet high.

1 Kings 7:35

7:35 On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.

1 Kings 7:38

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


tn Heb “four cubits.”

tn Heb “four cubits.”

tn Heb “three cubits.”

tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

tn Heb “a cubit-and-a-half” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

tn Heb “and on top of the stand, a half cubit [in] height, round all around” (the meaning of this description is uncertain).

tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.