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26 The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths,[a] stood about a handbreadth[b] thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:26 I.e. about 12,000 gallons; Cf. 2Chron 4:52, where the volume is given at 3,000 baths
  2. 1 Kings 7:26 I.e. about three inches; a handbreadth was about one sixth of a cubit