1 Kings 7:26
The sides of the tank were 3 in./8 cm. thick. The rim was like the rim of a cup. It curved outward, like the petals of a lily. When the tank was full, it held about 10,000 gallons of water.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
27Huram also made ten bronze carts. Each was six feet long and six feet wide and 4-1/2 feet tall.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:32The doors were decorated by carving on them representations of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers. All of these things were covered with very thin sheets of gold.
1 Kings 7:19The top part over each pillar was shaped like a lily. Each lily leaf was six feet tall.
2 Chronicles 4:5The sides of the tank were 3 inches thick, and its rim was shaped like a cup that curved outward like the petals of flowers. The basin held about 16,500 gallons of water.
Ezekiel 45:11The baskets for measuring dry things and containers for measuring liquids must be the same size; each must hold 175 quarts/liters.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:14-48
13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars:… Read the whole commentary →