1 Kings 7:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 4:5 : 5 It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons.
  • Jer 52:21 : 21 Each of the pillars was about 27 feet high, about 18 feet in circumference, three inches thick, and hollow.
  • Ezek 45:14 : 14 and as the prescribed portion of olive oil, one tenth of a bath from each cor(which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths make a homer);
  • 1 Kgs 6:18 : 18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.
  • 1 Kgs 6:32 : 32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubim and the palm trees with hammered gold.
  • 1 Kgs 6:35 : 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.
  • 1 Kgs 7:19 : 19 The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high.
  • 1 Kgs 7:38 : 38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand.

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  • 2 Chr 4:2-6
    5 verses
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    2He also made the big bronze basin called“The Sea.” It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.

    3Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with“The Sea.”

    4“The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward.“The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.

    5It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons.

    6He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in“The Sea.”

  • 1 Kgs 7:27-32
    6 verses
    82%

    27He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.

    28The stands were constructed with frames between the joints.

    29On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubim. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths.

    30Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.

    31Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.

    32The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet high.

  • 1 Kgs 7:22-25
    4 verses
    82%

    22The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the construction of the pillars was completed.

    23He also made the large bronze basin called“The Sea.” It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.

    24Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings 15 feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with“The Sea.”

    25“The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward.“The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.

  • 1 Kgs 7:35-38
    4 verses
    78%

    35On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.

    36He engraved ornamental cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.

    37He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.

    38He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand.

  • Exod 25:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24You are to overlay it with pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it.

    25You are to make a surrounding frame for it about three inches broad, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame.

  • Exod 30:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2Its length is to be a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half; it will be square. Its height is to be three feet, with its horns of one piece with it.

    3You are to overlay it with pure gold– its top, its four walls, and its horns– and make a surrounding border of gold for it.

    4You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. The rings will be places for poles to carry it with.

  • Exod 37:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

    12He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame.

  • 1 Kgs 7:43-44
    2 verses
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    43the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

    44the big bronze basin called“The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

  • Exod 37:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

    3He cast four gold rings for it that he put on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

  • Exod 37:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26He overlaid it with pure gold– its top, its four walls, and its horns– and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

    27He also made two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, as places for poles to carry it with.

  • 2 Chr 4:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

    15the big bronze basin called“The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

  • 1 Kgs 7:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

    16He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high.

  • 2 Kgs 25:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple– including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands– was too heavy to be weighed.

    17Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.

  • Ezra 8:27
    72%

    2720 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.

  • Jer 52:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple(including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands) was too heavy to be weighed.

    21Each of the pillars was about 27 feet high, about 18 feet in circumference, three inches thick, and hollow.

  • Exod 25:12
    72%

    12You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

  • 1 Kgs 7:41
    72%

    41He made the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,

  • 1 Kgs 7:19
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    19The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high.

  • Exod 30:18
    71%

    18“You are also to make a large bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. You are to put it between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it,

  • 1 Chr 28:17
    71%

    17for the pure gold used for the meat forks, bowls, and jars, for the small gold bowls, including the weight for each bowl, for the small silver bowls, including the weight for each bowl,

  • Exod 37:24
    70%

    24He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

  • Exod 35:16
    70%

    16the altar for the burnt offering with its bronze grating that is on it, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin and its pedestal;

  • Exod 27:2
    70%

    2You are to make its four horns on its four corners; its horns will be part of it, and you are to overlay it with bronze.

  • Exod 25:29
    70%

    29You are to make its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings; you are to make them of pure gold.