Bible dictionary for children
Bath
A bath is an ancient liquid measure in some Bible translations.
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A bath is an ancient liquid measure in some Bible translations. Here it does not mean washing in a bathtub.
First Kings uses baths to describe the capacity of the large bronze basin at the temple. The context is measuring how much it can hold.
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Solomon Builds the Temple
1 Kings 5:1–6:38; 1 Kings 7:13–51; 2 Chronicles 2:1–4:22
Solomon gathered workers and materials and built a temple for the name of Yahweh with great care and skill.
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Related reading: 1 Kings 7:26
It was a hand width thick. Its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.Full readings at eBible.org · World English Bible Classic. Read with an adult.
