2 Chronicles 4 · Verse 5

2 Chronicles 4:5

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.

2 Chronicles 4:5, King James Version

2 Chronicles 4:5 in other translations

BSB	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.
WEB	It was a handbreadth thick. Its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It received and held three thousand baths.
ASV	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.
YLT	And its thickness is a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold--baths three thousand it containeth.
DARBY	And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; in capacity it held three thousand baths.
BBE	It was as thick as a man's open hand, and the edge of it was curved like the edge of a cup, like a lily flower; it would take three thousand baths.
Webster	And the thickness of it was a hand-breadth, 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 4:5 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 5 It - held three thousand baths - In 1Kgs 7:26, it is said to hold only two thousand baths. As this book was written after the Babylonish captivity, it is very possible that reference is here made to the Babylonish bath which might have been less than the Jewish. We have already seen that the cubit of Moses, or of the ancient Hebrews, was longer than the Babylonish by one palm; see on 2Chr 3:3 (note). It might be the same with the measures of capacity; so that two thousand of the ancient Jewish baths might have been equal to three thousand of those used after the captivity. The Targum cuts the knot by saying, "It received three thousand baths of dry measure, and held two thousand of liquid measure.

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2 Chronicles 4:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעָבְי֣וֹve.'a.ve.Yoand thickness itsH5672

טֶ֔פַחTe.fach[was] a hand breadthH2947

וּשְׂפָתוֹ֙u.se.fa.Toand lip itsH8193

כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הke.ma.'a.Seh[was] like [the] work ofH4639

שְׂפַת\־se.fat-[the] lip ofH8193

כּ֔וֹסKosa cupH3563

פֶּ֖רַחPe.rach[the] blossom ofH6525

שֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑הsho.sha.Naha lilyH7799

מַחֲזִ֣יקma.cha.ZikholdingH2388

בַּתִּ֔יםba.TimbathsH1324

שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthreeH7969

אֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505

יָכִֽיל\׃\ \סya.Khilit containedH3557

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 4:5

1 Kings 7:26
And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

with flowers of lilies. or, like a lily flower. threethousand baths. In the parallel passage, it is said to hold only two thousand baths; which some think may be reconciled by supposing that the quantity of water which was commonly in it was 2,000 baths, but that, if filled up to the top, it would hold 3,000. But, as we have already seen that the Babylonish cubit was less than that of the ancient Hebrews, it might be the same with measures of capacity; so that 2,000 of the ancient Jewish baths might have been equal to 3,000 of those used after the captivity. The Targum cuts the knot: "It received 3,000 baths of dry measure, and held 2,000 of liquid measure." See 1 Ki 7:26.
1Ki 7:26

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Context

2 Chronicles 4:4
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
2 Chronicles 4:5
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.
2 Chronicles 4:6
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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2 Chronicles 4:5 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y tenía de grueso un palmo, y el borde era de la hechura del borde de un cáliz, ó flor de lis. Y hacía tres mil batos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et son épaisseur était d’une paume, et son bord était comme le travail du bord d’une coupe, en fleurs de lis: en capacité, elle contenait 3 000 baths.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und seine Dicke war eine Handbreit, und sein Rand wie die Arbeit eines Becherrandes, wie eine Lilienblüte; an Inhalt faßte es dreitausend Bath.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Porro vastitas ejus habebat mensuram palmi, et labium illius erat quasi labium calicis, vel repandi lilii: capiebatque tria millia metretas.