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It was a handbreadth thick; and the brim of it was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
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A Noted Scribal Discrepancy
Commentators note a discrepancy between this verse, which states the sea held 3,000 baths, and 1 Kings 7:26, which says 2,000. Scholars like Ellicott and Barnes suggest this is likely a minor scribal error, as the Hebrew words for 'two thousand' and 'thousands' were written very similarly. This kind of textual variant does not impact the core theological message.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Three thousand baths - See the note on 1 Kings 7:23. It is quite possible that the text in either this passage or in Kings has b…
19th Century
Anglican
And the thickness ... a cup. — Identical with 1 Kings 7:26.
With flow…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).
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