Discovery Box1 Kings 7:23 
Context7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” 1 It measured 15 feet 2 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet 3 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 4
1 Kings 7:38
Context7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. 5 Each basin was six feet in diameter; 6 there was one basin for each stand.
1 tn 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).
2 tn Heb “ten cubits.”
3 tn Heb “five cubits.”
4 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”
5 tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).
6 tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.
