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

22 The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars(A) was completed.

23 He made the Sea(B) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line(C) of thirty cubits[a] to measure around it. 24 Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:23 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters