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It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then he cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7 1 / 2 feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then he made the Sea of cast <i>bronze,</i> ten cubits from one brim to the other; <i>it was</i> completely round. Its height <i>was</i> five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also made the Sea of cast <i>metal,</i> ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height <i>was</i> five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Also he made the cast metal sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Also he made the cast <i>metal</i> sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height <i>was</i> five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he made the sea of cast <i>metal</i> ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in its circumference.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He also made the Sea [that is, the large basin used for ceremonial washing] of cast metal, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and five cubits in height, and its circumference was thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he made the cast metal basin, 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7 1 /2 feet high and 45 feet in circumference.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he made the cast metal reservoir, 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7 1/2 feet high and 45 feet in circumference. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He also gave orders to make a large metal bowl called the Sea. It was 4.5 meters across, just over two meters deep, and 13.5 meters around. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Huram made a pool from cast metal. It was 15 feet in diameter. It was round, 7 1/2 feet high, and had a circumference of 45 feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He also made a round tank of bronze, 7陆 feet deep, 15 feet in diameter, and 45 feet in circumference. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He crafted a circular sea of cast metal 10 cubits from rim to rim and five cubits tall. A line 30 cubits long surrounded it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He also made the big bronze basin called "The Sea." It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Also he made the molten sea seventeen feet and three inches from brim to brim, round in compass; and its height was eight feet and seven inches; and a line of fifty-one feet and eight inches encircled it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the hight of it; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim. It was round, five cubits high, and thirty cubits in circumference. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he makes the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge to its edge, round in encompassment, and its height [is] five by the cubit, and a line of thirty by the cubit surrounds it around.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it, round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will make the molten sea ten by the cubit from its lip to its lip, rounded round about; and five by the cubit its height; and a cord thirty by the cubit will surround it round about.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Also a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass: it was five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />as well as a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in its circumference. It had five cubits in height, and a line of thirty cubits went around it on all sides.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He also made the molten sea. It was made with a circular rim, and measured ten cubits across, five in height, and thirty in circumference.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from rim to rim, and five cubits high. A line of thirty cubits would encircle it completely.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />land he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape, and five cubits its height and thirty cubits its circumference.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he made a sea which was smelted, ten cubits from its rim to its rim, the inner part as a circle, and five cubits its height, and a cord of thirty cubits around it from all its sides.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he made the molten sea, in diameter ten cubits, entirely round, and the height of it five cubits, and the circumference thirty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=619" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/4.htm">The Bronze Altar and Molten Sea</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">He also made</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: hay·yām (Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">the Sea</a> <a href="/hebrew/3332.htm" title="3332: mū·ṣāq (V-Hofal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to pour out; by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard.">of cast metal.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5696.htm" title="5696: ‘ā·ḡō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Round. Or magowl; from an unused root meaning to revolve, circular.">It was circular in shape,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: ‘e·śer (Number-fs) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">measuring ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: bā·’am·māh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: miś·śə·p̄ā·ṯōw (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">from rim</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: śə·p̄ā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">rim,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: wə·ḥā·mêš (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">five</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: bā·’am·māh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/6967.htm" title="6967: qō·w·mā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Height. From quwm; height.">in height,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: šə·lō·šîm (Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth.">and thirty</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: bā·’am·māh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/6957.htm" title="6957: wə·qāw (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Or qav; from qavah; a cord, especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord.">in circumference.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5437.htm" title="5437: yā·sōḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around."></a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">1 Kings 7:23-26</a></span><br />He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference. / Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea. / The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-18.htm">Exodus 30:18</a></span><br />“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-38.htm">1 Kings 7:38-39</a></span><br />He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands. / He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-44.htm">1 Kings 7:44</a></span><br />the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-40.htm">1 Kings 7:40</a></span><br />Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-29.htm">1 Kings 7:29</a></span><br />and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-25.htm">1 Kings 7:25</a></span><br />The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-31.htm">1 Kings 7:31</a></span><br />The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-33.htm">1 Kings 7:33</a></span><br />The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-35.htm">1 Kings 7:35</a></span><br />At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-37.htm">1 Kings 7:37</a></span><br />In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-45.htm">1 Kings 7:45</a></span><br />and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-48.htm">1 Kings 7:48</a></span><br />Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-50.htm">1 Kings 7:50</a></span><br />the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-51.htm">1 Kings 7:51</a></span><br />So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.</p><p class="hdg">a molten sea</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-18.htm">Exodus 20:18-21</a></b></br> And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw <i>it</i>, they removed, and stood afar off… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">1 Kings 7:23</a></b></br> And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: <i>it was</i> round all about, and his height <i>was</i> five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/13-1.htm">Zechariah 13:1</a></b></br> In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.</p><p class="hdg">brim to brim [heb] his brim to brim </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/7-26.htm">Brim</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-9.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-35.htm">Circular</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-8.htm">Circumference</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-8.htm">Compass</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-8.htm">Compassed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-3.htm">Cubit</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-9.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-24.htm">Encircled</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-21.htm">Encompassed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-15.htm">Five</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-37.htm">Form</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-6.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">Height</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">Hight</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-25.htm">Line</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-3.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-15.htm">Measuring</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-4.htm">Rim</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-12.htm">Round</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Shape</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-15.htm">Thirty</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/4-5.htm">Brim</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm">Circular</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-21.htm">Circumference</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Compass</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-31.htm">Compassed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Cubit</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-5.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Encircled</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Encompassed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-6.htm">Five</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-7.htm">Form</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-9.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-14.htm">Height</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-13.htm">High</a> <a href="/ezra/6-3.htm">Hight</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-24.htm">Line</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-7.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-18.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/ezra/8-26.htm">Measuring</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Rim</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Round</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/job/38-14.htm">Shape</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-5.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm">Thirty</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">The altar of brass</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">The molten sea upon twelve oxen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-6.htm">The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-9.htm">The courts, and the instruments of brass</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-19.htm">The instruments of gold</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew word for "Sea" is "yam," often used to describe large bodies of water, emphasizing its vastness and importance. The use of "cast metal" indicates advanced metallurgical skills, reflecting the craftsmanship and resources dedicated to the temple, underscoring the importance of purity and preparation in worship.<p><b>circular in shape</b><br />The circular design of the Sea signifies completeness and eternity, common themes in biblical symbolism. The circle, without beginning or end, reflects God's eternal nature and the wholeness He brings to creation. This design choice also highlights the perfection and divine order intended for the temple's construction.<p><b>measuring ten cubits from rim to rim</b><br />A cubit is an ancient measurement roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 centimeters. The specific dimensions indicate the Sea's grandeur and capacity, serving the practical needs of the priests while also symbolizing the vastness of God's provision and the depth of His cleansing power.<p><b>and five cubits high</b><br />The height of the Sea, at five cubits, suggests a significant volume, reinforcing its role in ritual purification. The number five often symbolizes grace in biblical numerology, pointing to the grace extended to the Israelites through the sacrificial system and ultimately through Christ.<p><b>It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it</b><br />The circumference of thirty cubits emphasizes the Sea's substantial size. The number thirty can symbolize dedication and maturity, as seen in the age when Levites began their temple service. This measurement underscores the dedication required in worship and the maturity of faith needed to approach God.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Even if <span class= "ital">pothoth</span> be correct in Kings, the chronicler might have understood the word to mean <span class= "ital">openings,</span> rather than <span class= "ital">hinges,</span> and so have substituted the common word <span class= "ital">pethah,</span> which has that sense. The resemblance of the one word to the other would be a further consideration in its favour, according to ancient notions of interpretation.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A molten sea</span>. The Hebrew of this verse and of <a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">1 Kings 7:23</a> are facsimiles of one author, except that here <span class="hebrew">קָו</span> stands, where the parallel shows <span class="hebrew">קוה</span>, probably the fruit merely of some error in transcription. Verses like these point not to the derivation of Chronicles from Kings, but rather of both from some older common source. This sea of brass superseded the laver of the tabernacle (<a href="/exodus/30-18.htm">Exodus 30:18, 28</a>; <a href="/exodus/31-9.htm">Exodus 31:9</a>; <a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Exodus 35:16</a>; <a href="/exodus/39-39.htm">Exodus 39:39</a>). It was called a sea on account of its size. We are told in <a href="/1_chronicles/18-8.htm">1 Chronicles 18:8</a> whence David had drawn the supplies of metal necessary for this work. The size of the diameter measured from upper rim to rim (ten cubits) harmonizes, of course, to all practical purposes, with that of the circumference (thirty cubits); it would assist questions connected with the contents of this large vessel, however, if we had been told whether the circumference were measured at the rim, or, as the form of language here used might slightly favour, round the girth. (For these questions, see ver. 5 below.) This sea for the washing of the priests significantly follows the altar. Beside the general suggestion of the need of purification or sanctification, it here reminds of the fact that the earthly priest and high priest must need the purification, which their great Antitype would not need. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He also made</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֥עַשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘aś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Sea</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of cast metal.</span><br /><span class="heb">מוּצָ֑ק</span> <span class="translit">(mū·ṣāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3332.htm">Strong's 3332: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pour out, to melt, cast as metal, to place firmly, to stiffen, grow hard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[It was] circular in shape,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָג֣וֹל ׀</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·ḡō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5696.htm">Strong's 5696: </a> </span><span class="str2">Circular</span><br /><br /><span class="word">measuring ten</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶ֣שֶׂר</span> <span class="translit">(‘e·śer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּֽ֠אַמָּה</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from rim</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(miś·śə·p̄ā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> </span><span class="str2">The lip, language, a margin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[rim],</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂפָת֜וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(śə·p̄ā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> </span><span class="str2">The lip, language, a margin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">five</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחָמֵ֤שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥā·mêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> </span><span class="str2">Five</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּֽאַמָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in height,</span><br /><span class="heb">קֽוֹמָת֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(qō·w·mā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6967.htm">Strong's 6967: </a> </span><span class="str2">Height</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and thirty</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7970.htm">Strong's 7970: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thirty, thirtieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in circumference.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקָו֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6957.htm">Strong's 6957: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">2 Chronicles 4:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">2 Chronicles 4:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">2 Chronicles 4:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">2 Chronicles 4:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">2 Chronicles 4:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">2 Chronicles 4:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">2 Chronicles 4:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">2 Chronicles 4:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">2 Chronicles 4:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">2 Chronicles 4:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 4:2 Also he made the molten sea (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 4:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 4:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 4:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 4:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>