2 Chronicles 4:2–5
2 lThen he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 3 Under it were figures of gourds,2 for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. 4 It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. 5 Its thickness was a handbreadth.3 And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. mIt held 3,000 baths.4
| l | For ver. 2–5, see 1 Kgs. 7:23–26 |
| 2 | Compare 1 Kings 7:24; Hebrew oxen; twice in this verse |
| 3 | A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters |
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| 4 | A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters |
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