Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, [a]ten cubits, entirely encircling the Sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast [b]in one piece. 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 hindquarters turned inward. It was a [c]hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it (A)could hold three thousand [d]baths.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:3 About 15 ft. or 4.6 m
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:3 Lit in its casting
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:5 About 3 in. or 7.6 cm
  4. 2 Chronicles 4:5 About 18,000 gallons or 68,137 liters

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