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If 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles were written through spiritual inspiration, then they were spiritually inspired to be nonsense.
Solomon's Temple contained a Sea of cast metal. *It is described in both 1 Kings 7 and in 2 Chronicles 4.
How big was it? *Did it hold two thousand baths as it says in 1 Kings, or three thousand baths as it says in 2 Chronicles? This contradiction is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
The*passages*give the dimensions of the Sea, so we can figure it out for ourselves.
Ten cubits is 15 feet, so it is a circular sea 15 feet across and 7 and a half feet high.**
7.5(radius)sqrd = 56.25 * pi = 176.7 square feet*7.5 (height) = 1325.25 cubic feet of volume at most assuming a perfect cylinder. If instead the Brazen Sea were bowl shaped, as has always been depicted, this volume would be even less. According to Josephus, "Solomon also cast a Brazen sea, the figure of which was a hemisphere." Were this the case, the Sea would have a volume of 883 cubic feet.
2000 baths equals 11,500 gallons, which means it would need to be 1537.3 cubic feet in volume according to 1 Kings, and 17,500 gallons, or 2339.4 cubic feet according to 2 Chronicles. *So according to the dimensions given, the Sea was way too small to hold either 2000 baths or 3000 baths. *This means that not only does 1 Kings conflict with 2 Chronicles, but they both conflict with themselves.
Solomon's Temple contained a Sea of cast metal. *It is described in both 1 Kings 7 and in 2 Chronicles 4.
"It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held*two*thousand*baths." -*1 Kings 7:26**
"It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held*three*thousand*baths." -*2 Chronicles 4:5
How big was it? *Did it hold two thousand baths as it says in 1 Kings, or three thousand baths as it says in 2 Chronicles? This contradiction is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
The*passages*give the dimensions of the Sea, so we can figure it out for ourselves.
"He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits*[o]*from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits*[p]*to measure around it."*- 1 Kings 7:23
Ten cubits is 15 feet, so it is a circular sea 15 feet across and 7 and a half feet high.**
7.5(radius)sqrd = 56.25 * pi = 176.7 square feet*7.5 (height) = 1325.25 cubic feet of volume at most assuming a perfect cylinder. If instead the Brazen Sea were bowl shaped, as has always been depicted, this volume would be even less. According to Josephus, "Solomon also cast a Brazen sea, the figure of which was a hemisphere." Were this the case, the Sea would have a volume of 883 cubic feet.
2000 baths equals 11,500 gallons, which means it would need to be 1537.3 cubic feet in volume according to 1 Kings, and 17,500 gallons, or 2339.4 cubic feet according to 2 Chronicles. *So according to the dimensions given, the Sea was way too small to hold either 2000 baths or 3000 baths. *This means that not only does 1 Kings conflict with 2 Chronicles, but they both conflict with themselves.