1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.”43 It measured 15 feet44 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet45 high. Its circumference was 45 feet.46

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43	tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.” sn This large basin that was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves (2 Chr 4:6; cf. Exod 30:17–21).
44	tn Heb “ten cubits.”
45	tn Heb “five cubits.”
46	tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”