22 And upon the top of the pillars was work of lilies: so was the workmanship of the pillars finished.

23 ¶ And he made a molten [a]sea of ten cubits wide from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits did compass it about.

24 And under the brim of it were knops like wild cucumbers compassing it round about, ten in one cubit, compassing the sea (A)round about: and the two rows of knops were cast, when it was molten.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:23 So called for the hugeness of the vessel.

22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

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