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1 Kings 7:23-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 7:23-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Reservoir
23 He made the cast metal reservoir,[a](A) 15 feet[b] from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7½ feet[c] high and 45 feet[d] in circumference. 24 Ornamental gourds(B) encircled it below the brim, 10 every half yard,[e] completely encircling the reservoir.(C) The gourds were cast in two rows when the reservoir was cast. 25 It stood on 12 oxen,(D) three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The reservoir was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center.
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- 1 Kings 7:23 Lit sea
- 1 Kings 7:23 Lit 10 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:23 Lit five cubits
- 1 Kings 7:23 Lit 30 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:24 Lit 10 per cubit
1 Kings 7:23-25
New International Version
1 Kings 7:23-25
New International Version
23 He made the Sea(A) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line(B) of thirty cubits[a] to measure around it. 24 Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls,(C) three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center.
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- 1 Kings 7:23 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
1 Kings 7:23-25
King James Version
1 Kings 7:23-25
King James Version
23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
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