SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Chronicles 4:2

4:2a He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape,

He made a Sea of molded/cast bronze. Its shape was round/circular.
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He had a large round basin/bowl made from bronze metal. It was called the Sea.

4:2b measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height,

It was ten (10) forearm-measures wide and its height was five (5) forearm-measures.
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The width/diameter of the Sea was four and a half (4 1/2) meters. The depth was a little more than two (2) meters.
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The basin/bowl was fifteen (15) feet across. It was seven and a half (7 1/2) feet deep.

4:2c and thirty cubits in circumference.

It measured thirty (30) forearm-measures around the rim.
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Its circumference was thirteen and a half (13 1/2) meters.
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It was forty-five (45) feet in circumference.

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