The Sea and the Oxen

²³ And he made ^(A)the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

²⁴ Below its brim were ornamental buds encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, ^(B)all the way around the Sea. The ornamental buds were cast in two rows when it was cast. ²⁵ It stood on ^(C)twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward. ²⁶ It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained ^[a]two thousand baths.

⁸ Also from ^[a]Tibhath and from ^[b]Chun, cities of ^[c]Hadadezer, David brought a large amount of ^(A)bronze, with which ^(B)Solomon made the bronze ^[d]Sea, the pillars, and the articles of bronze.