1 Kings 7:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 The top of the columns was made like a lily. Thus the work on the columns was completed.
23 Then he made the molten sea;[a] it was made with a circular rim, and measured ten cubits across, five in height, and thirty in circumference. 24 Under the brim, gourds encircled it for ten cubits around the compass of the sea; the gourds were in two rows and were cast in one mold with the sea.
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- 7:23–26 The molten sea: this was a large circular tank containing about twelve thousand gallons of water.
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