2 Chronicles 4:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And its thickness <FI>is<Fi> a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold--baths three thousand it containeth.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 4:5 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 7:26It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.

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