^17 (A)And King Ahaz cut off ^(B)the panels of the carts, and removed the lavers from them; and he took down ^(C)the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stones.

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.

¹⁹ Moreover all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign had ^(A)cast aside in his transgression we have prepared and ^[a]sanctified; and there they are, before the altar of the Lord.”

²⁴ So Ahaz gathered the articles of the house of God, cut in pieces the articles of the house of God, ^(A)shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

¹⁴ he also made ^(A)carts and the lavers on the carts; ¹⁵ one Sea and twelve oxen under it;

^13 (A)The bronze ^(B)pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and ^(C)the carts and ^(D)the bronze Sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and ^(E)carried their bronze to Babylon. ¹⁴ They also took away ^(F)the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered. ¹⁵ The firepans and the basins, the things of solid gold and solid silver, the captain of the guard took away. ¹⁶ The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, ^(G)the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.

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.

The Carts and the Lavers

²⁷ He also made ten ^[b]carts of bronze; four cubits was the length of each cart, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height. ²⁸ And this was the design of the carts: They had panels, and the panels were between frames; ²⁹ on the panels that were between the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. And on the frames was a pedestal on top. Below the lions and oxen were wreaths of plaited work. ³⁰ Every cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and its four feet had supports. Under the laver were supports of cast bronze beside each wreath. ³¹ Its opening inside the crown at the top was one cubit in diameter; and the opening was round, shaped like a pedestal, one and a half cubits in outside diameter; and also on the opening were engravings, but the panels were square, not round. ³² Under the panels were the four wheels, and the axles of the wheels were joined to the cart. The height of a wheel was one and a half cubits. ³³ The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel; their axle pins, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all of cast bronze. ³⁴ And there were four supports at the four corners of each cart; its supports were part of the cart itself. ³⁵ On the top of the cart, at the height of half a cubit, it was perfectly round. And on the top of the cart, its flanges and its panels were of the same casting. ³⁶ On the plates of its flanges and on its panels he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was a clear space on each, with wreaths all around. ³⁷ Thus he made the ten carts. All of them were of ^[c]the same mold, one measure, and one shape.

³⁸ Then ^(D)he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver contained ^[d]forty baths, and each laver was four cubits. On each of the ten carts was a laver. ³⁹ And he put five carts on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the Sea on the right side of the house, toward the southeast.