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25 (A)It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. 26 And it was a [a]handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold [b]two thousand baths.

27 Then (B)he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:26 A handbreadth was approx. 3 in. or 7.6 cm
  2. 1 Kings 7:26 Approx. 12,000 gal. or 45,424 l, a bath was approx. 6 gal. or 23 l

25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls,(A) three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 26 It was a handbreadth[a] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.[b]

27 He also made ten movable stands(B) of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.[c]

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  1. 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
  2. 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 12,000 gallons or about 44,000 liters; the Septuagint does not have this sentence.
  3. 1 Kings 7:27 That is, about 6 feet long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet high or about 1.8 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high