2,000 or 3,000 baths?

1 Kings 7:26—”Did Solomon’s facility contain 2,000 baths or over 3,000 baths as in 2 Chronicles 4:5?”

1 Kings records that sea-tank ordinarily held כּוּל)) 2,000 baths, whereas 2 Chronicles informs us that it could hold חזק)) 3,000 if filled to the maximum. This confusion is largely a result of translating two different Hebrew verbs by the same verb in another language.

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