44And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
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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.
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-47)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 , 1 Chron. 29:2. What those things were we are not told, but some of the things of brass are here described and the rest mentioned. I. The brasier whom Solomon employed to preside in this part of the work was Hiram, or Huram (2 Chron.…
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