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25 The sea stood on twelve cattle, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them. All their hindquarters faced toward the center of the sea. 26 The sea was three inches[a] thick. Its rim was shaped like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held twelve thousand gallons.[b]

The Carts

27 He made ten bronze carts. Each cart was six feet long and six feet wide and four and a half feet tall.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:26 A handbreadth
  2. 1 Kings 7:26 Literally two thousand baths. The reading in 2 Chronicles 4:5 is three thousand baths. They may have been using different standards for the size of a bath or rounding off.