1 Kings 7:23

According to the same form he made all the ten bases, even one order and one measure to all.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22And its borders were cherubs, and lions, and palm-trees, upright, each was joined in front and within and round about.

24And he made ten brazen lavers, each laver containing forty + 7:24 Gr. gallons. The Gr. seems to have this meaning, but the Heb. word means more.baths, and measuring four cubits, each laver placed on a several base throughout the ten bases.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:17And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 38:8overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings.

2 Kings 16:15And king Achaz charged Urias the priest, saying, Offer upon the great altar the whole-burnt-offering in the morning and the meat-offering in the evening, and the whole-burnt-offering of the king, and his meat-offering, and the whole-burnt-offering of all the people, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering; and thou shalt pour + 16:15 Or, the blood of every, etc.all the blood of the whole-burnt-offering, and all the blood of any other sacrifice upon it: and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning.

2 Kings 25:13And the Chaldeans broke to pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord, and carried their brass to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 4:2And he made the molten sea, in diameter ten cubits, entirely round, and the height of it five cubits, and the circumference thirty cubits.

Jeremiah 52:17And the Chaldeans broke in pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord, and they took the brass thereof, and carried it away to Babylon.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:14-48

13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars:… Read the whole commentary →

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