1 Kings 7:44

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

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  • 1 Kgs 7:23 : 23 He 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.
  • 1 Kgs 7:25 : 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.

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  • 2 Chr 4:14-16
    3 verses
    92%

    14the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

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

    16and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the LORD’s temple were made from polished bronze.

  • 1 Kgs 7:23-32
    10 verses
    83%

    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.

    26It 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.

    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 7:43
    82%

    43the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

  • 2 Chr 4:2-6
    5 verses
    81%

    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 7:45-48
    4 verses
    79%

    45and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the LORD’s temple were made from polished bronze.

    46The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

    47Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze.

    48Solomon also made all these items for the LORD’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,

  • Jer 52:20
    78%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 7:36-41
    6 verses
    78%

    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.

    39He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put“The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

    40Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the LORD’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

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

  • 2 Kgs 25:16
    74%

    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.

  • Num 31:44
    74%

    4436,000 cattle,

  • 2 Kgs 16:17
    73%

    17King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took“The Sea” down from the bronze bulls that supported it and put it on the stone pavement.

  • 2 Chr 4:10
    73%

    10He put“The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

  • Num 7:85-87
    3 verses
    72%

    85Each silver platter weighed 130 shekels, and each silver sprinkling bowl weighed 70 shekels. All the silver of the vessels weighed 2,400 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

    86The twelve gold pans full of incense weighed 10 shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel; all the gold of the pans weighed 120 shekels.

    87All the animals for the burnt offering were 12 young bulls, 12 rams, 12 male lambs in their first year, with their grain offering, and 12 male goats for a purification offering.

  • 1 Kgs 7:34
    72%

    34Each stand had four supports, one per side projecting out from the stand.

  • Num 31:33
    71%

    3372,000 cattle,

  • 1 Kgs 7:50
    71%

    50the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary(the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

  • Num 7:44-45
    2 verses
    71%

    44one gold pan weighing 10 shekels, full of incense;

    45one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • 1 Kgs 10:20
    71%

    20There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.

  • Ezra 1:10
    71%

    1030 gold bowls, 410 other silver bowls, and 1,000 other vessels.

  • Exod 31:9
    70%

    9the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils, the large basin with its base,

  • Num 7:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required;

    8and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their service required, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

  • Exod 30:28
    70%

    28the altar for the burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its base.

  • Ps 104:25
    70%

    25Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.

  • Rev 4:6
    70%

    6and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.