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1 Kings 7:24

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7:24Under the rim all the way around it47 were round ornaments48 arranged in settings 15 feet long.49 The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”50

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  1. 47 Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. 48 Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”
  3. 49 Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.
  4. 50 Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Under its brim were gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Ornamental gourds encircled it below the brim, ten every half yard, completely encircling the basin. The gourds were cast in two rows when the basin was cast.

NLTNew Living Translation

It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Gourds were under its rim surrounding it all around; ten to the cubit, surrounding the sea all around with two rows of gourds, which were cast when he cast the metal.

KJV 1900King James Version

And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.