25 (A)It was standing on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the Sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. 26 And it was a [a]hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold [b]two thousand baths.

27 Then (B)he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was [c]four cubits, its width four cubits, and its height was three cubits.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:26 About 3 in. or 7.6 cm
  2. 1 Kings 7:26 About 12,000 gallons or 45,424 liters
  3. 1 Kings 7:27 About 6 ft. long and wide and 4.5 ft. high or 1.8 m and 1.4 m

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