When Solomon built The House of the Lord in Jerusalem, what was the size (in baths) of the molten sea?

Question

When Solomon built The House of the Lord in Jerusalem, what was the size (in baths) of the molten sea?

Answer 1

Found this hope it helps.

23    And he made a [f]molten sea, [g]ten cubits from the one brim to the other:  it was round all about, and his height [h]was five cubits:  and a line of [i]thirty cubits did compass it round about.

    [f]    The brazen sea was cast in the foundry like the pillars of v 16.  It was 20 ft. 10 in. across from brim to brim:  10 ft. 5 in. high;  and 62 1/2 ft. around, it had 2 rows of k***s around the rim of the bowl (v 24).  It stood upon 12 brazen oxen cast of  brass;  3 looked in each of the 4 directions with their hinder parts inward and under the brazen laver which was a hand breadth, or about 4 inches thick, with the brim made like that of a cup with flowers of lilies (v 25 - 26).  The brazen sea was an immense vase of solid brass, 10 ft. 5 in. deep and weighing about 25 - 30 tons.  Filled with 16,750 gallons of water the laver would weigh about 100 tons.  The small lavers were supposed to contain 300 gallons of water, which with the lavers would weigh about 2 tons each.  Jewish writers say that the water was changed daily, so as to be always pure for use in the ceremonial worship.

    [g]    10 cubits - 20 ft. 10 in. counting 25 in, as a cubit.

    [h]    5 cubits - 10 ft. 5 in.

    [i]    30 cubits - 62 1/2 ft.

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

    [j]    The k***s were cast with the bowl itself, and no doubt the checker, chain, pomegranate, and lily work on the capitals was likewise cast with the capitals of v 17 - 22.

25    And it stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east:  and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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 [k]two thousand baths.

    [k]    2,000 baths - 16,750 gallons (v 26), a bath being 1 bu. 3 pt. or 67 pts.

In 2 Chr. 4:5 it reads 3,000 baths which would be 25,125 gallons.  This is evidently how much it could possibly hold, while the usual content was 16,750 gallons.

Answer 2

Two thousand baths