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2 Chronicles 4:2
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator continues the account of Solomon’s temple construction, shifting focus from the bronze altar to the large basin prepared for ritual washing.
The words — The text uses מוּצָק (mu.Tzak), meaning "cast," to specify the metalworking process, and עֶשֶׂר ('E.ser), "ten," to define the basin's diameter from rim to rim.
The thread — The same measurements and circular form appear verbatim in 1 Kings 7:23, while Exodus 30:18 originally commands a bronze basin for washing, and Zechariah 13:1 later applies water imagery to describe future cleansing.
Why it lands — The passage records exact architectural specifications for a functional vessel, requiring the reader to note the deliberate scale and precision of the temple's ritual furnishings.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 30:18 “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,
- 1 Kings 7:23 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.
- Zechariah 13:1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
- Titus 3:5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Revelation 7:14 “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.