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.
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Gill's Exposition
And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it,.... Of an oval form, and therefore the Targum calls them figures of eggs; in Ch2 4:3 they are said to have the similitude of oxen,…
Barnes' Notes
The “molten sea “of Solomon, so called from its great size, took the place of the laver of the tabernacle Exo 30:18-21, which was required for the ablutions of the priests. It was ten cubits, or fully…
We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, Ch1 29:2. What those things were…
Cambridge Bible
The Molten Sea which Hiram made (2Ch 4:2-5)
23. And he made a(R.V. the) molten sea The definite article is expressed in the original, and the vessel itself was unique. It is called a -sea" because of…
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