Did the book of Chronicles get Pi wrong?
In the account of the Book of Chronicles, it says: “Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.” (2 Chronicles 4:2) The mathematics in this verse seems to be incorrect at the first reading. The verse says, from brim to brim it measured ten cubits and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round. That means the diameter was 10 cubits while the circumference was 30 cubits. In mathematics, it is known that pi (π) is the circumference divided by the diameter. So, = Circumference / Diameter = 30 / 10 = 3 and ≠3,1415, which is the correct value of pi (π)…It is known that π = 3.1415… is. But 30 divided by 10 is 3 and not 3.1415…. So the…