1 Kings 7:23–29

The Sea and the Oxen

²³And he made ^lthe 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.

²⁴Below its brim were ornamental buds encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, ^mall the way around the Sea. The ornamental buds were cast in two rows when it was cast. ²⁵It stood on ⁿtwelve 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. ²⁶It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained ⁸two thousand baths.

The Carts and the Lavers

²⁷He also made ten ⁹carts of bronze; four cubits was the length of each cart, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height. ²⁸And this was the design of the carts: They had panels, and the panels were between frames; ²⁹on 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.