SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 7:24

7:24a Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea,

Under the rim, there were ⌊bronze⌋ gourds all around it. There were ten gourds for every cubit.
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Underneath this edge he/they placed ornaments/decorations in the shape of ⌊small⌋ gourds. For every meter he/they put twenty gourds..

7:24b cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

These ⌊metal/bronze⌋ gourds were arranged in two rows and poured in the same mold as the ⌊reservoir/tank called⌋ the Sea.
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He/They constructed the basin/container in one piece. It/This included the two rows of these decorative gourds.

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