He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits[a] high. It took a line of thirty cubits[b] to measure round it. Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it – ten to a cubit.[c] The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were towards the centre.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 2.3 metres
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 14 metres
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:3 That is, about 45 centimetres