38 Then (A)he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver contained [a]forty baths, and each laver was four cubits. On each of the ten carts was a laver.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:38 About 240 gallons

38 He then made ten bronze basins,(A) each holding forty baths[a] and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:38 That is, about 240 gallons or about 880 liters

Furnishings of the Temple(A)

40 (B)Huram[a] made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of the Lord:

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  1. 1 Kings 7:40 Heb. Hiram; cf. 2 Chr. 2:13, 14

40 He also made the pots[a] and shovels and sprinkling bowls.(A)

So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the Lord:

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  1. 1 Kings 7:40 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate (see also verse 45 and 2 Chron. 4:11); many other Hebrew manuscripts basins