It stood on twelve (A)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.

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The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east.(A) The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center.

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It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained [a]three thousand baths.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:5 About 8,000 gallons; two thousand, 1 Kin. 7:26

It was a handbreadth[a] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 18,000 gallons or about 66,000 liters

20 The two pillars, one Sea, the twelve bronze bulls which were under it, and the carts, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord(A)the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.

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20 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls(A) under it, and the movable stands, which King Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed.(B)

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