2 Chronicles 4:2-4

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² Then he made from ·bronze [cast metal] a large round ·bowl [basin], which was called the Sea [^Csymbol of chaos subdued; 1 Kin. 7:23]. It was ·forty-five feet [^Lthirty cubits] ·around [in circumference], ·fifteen feet [^Lten cubits] ·across [from rim to rim], and ·seven and one-half feet [^Lfive cubits] ·deep [high]. ³ There were ·carvings [figures; images] of ·bulls [oxen] under the rim of the bowl—ten ·bulls [oxen] every ·eighteen inches [^Lcubit]. They were in two rows and were ·made [cast] in one piece with the bowl.

⁴ The bowl rested on the backs of twelve bronze ·bulls [oxen] ·that faced outward from the center of the bowl [^Lall their hindquarters were toward the inside]. Three ·bulls [oxen] faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east.