received and held three thousand baths. 1 Kings 7:26 says 2,000; and it is alleged that "there must be. mistake in the figures". But no: 1 Kings 7:26 speaks of what it usually "contained", while here it speaks of what it could actually "receive and hold".
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2 Chronicles 4:5
5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowersa of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.