2 Chronicles 4:2

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He 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.

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  • Exod 30:18-21 : 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, 19 and Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet from it. 20 When they enter the tent of meeting, they must wash with water so that they do not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by burning incense as an offering made by fire to the LORD, 21 they must wash their hands and their feet so that they do not die. And this will be a perpetual ordinance for them and for their descendants throughout their generations.”
  • 1 Kgs 7:23-26 : 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. 24 Under 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. 26 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.
  • Zech 13:1 : 1 The Refinement of Judah“In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

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  • 1 Kgs 7:23-27
    5 verses
    94%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 4:3-6
    4 verses
    86%

    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.”

  • 2 Chr 4:1
    83%

    1He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

  • 2 Chr 4:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

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

  • 1 Kgs 7:35-40
    6 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.

    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.

  • 2 Chr 4:8-10
    3 verses
    76%

    8He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.

    9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze.

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

  • 1 Kgs 7:44
    75%

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

  • 1 Kgs 7:15
    74%

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

  • Exod 30:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 7:30-32
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Exod 37:12
    74%

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

  • Exod 37:3
    72%

    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 38:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1The Making of the Altar for the Burnt Offering He made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood seven feet six inches long and seven feet six inches wide– it was square– and its height was four feet six inches.

    2He made its horns on its four corners; its horns were part of it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

  • Exod 25:25
    71%

    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 38:4
    71%

    4He made a grating for the altar, a network of bronze under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

  • 2 Chr 3:15
    71%

    15In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length of 52½ feet, with each having a plated capital seven and one-half 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,

  • Ezek 42:20
    71%

    20He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.

  • Jer 52:20
    71%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 25:16
    70%

    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.

  • Ezek 41:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4Then he measured its length as 35 feet, and its width as 35 feet, before the outer sanctuary. He said to me,“This is the most holy place.”

    5Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10½ feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.

  • 2 Kgs 16:17
    70%

    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.

  • Ezek 43:14
    70%

    14From the base of the ground to the lower ledge is 3½ feet, and the width 1¾ feet; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, 7 feet, and the width 1¾ feet;

  • Ezek 40:30
    70%

    30There were porches all around, 43¾ feet long and 8¾ feet wide.

  • Exod 38:30
    70%

    30With it he made the bases for the door of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils of the altar,

  • Ezek 41:2
    70%

    2The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, and the sides of the entrance were 8¾ feet on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, and its width as 35 feet.

  • Ezek 40:14
    70%

    14He measured the porch at 105 feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard.

  • Gen 6:15
    70%

    15This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

  • Exod 27:4
    70%

    4You are to make a grating for it, a network of bronze, and you are to make on the network four bronze rings on its four corners.

  • 1 Kgs 6:24
    70%

    24Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.