2 Chronicles 4:5 meaning and explanation
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
2 Chronicles 4:5, Berean Standard Bible
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The Chronicler is describing the furnishings Solomon made for the temple in Jerusalem, and here he details the great bronze Sea, a huge basin for the priests to wash in. A handbreadth was a small unit of length, so the metal was thick and solid.
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