26 It was a handbreadth[1] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.[2]

Other Translations of 1 Kings 7:26

King James Version

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.

English Standard Version

26 Its thickness was a handbreadth,A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters

The Message

26 The Sea was three inches thick and flared at the rim like a cup, or like a lily. It held about 11,500 gallons.

New King James Version

26 It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained two thousand baths.

New Living Translation

26 The walls of the Sea were about three inches thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons of water.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 7:26

Commentary on 1 Kings 7:13-47

(Read 1 Kings 7:13-47)

The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. "Jachin," God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. "Boaz," In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of God's temple, where we must wait for the gifts of grace, in use of the means of grace. Spiritual priests and spiritual sacrifices must be washed in the laver of Christ's blood, and of regeneration. We must wash often, for we daily contract pollution. There are full means provided for our cleansing; so that if we have our lot for ever among the unclean it will be our own fault. Let us bless God for the fountain opened by the sacrifice of Christ for sin and for uncleanness.