1 Kings 7:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ And he made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from one rim to the other, round all about, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured around it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He made a round molten Sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, five cubits high and thirty cubits in circumference. [Exod. 30:17-21; II Chron. 4:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

Common English Bible

²³ He also made a tank of cast metal called the Sea. It was circular in shape, fifteen feet from rim to rim, seven and a half feet high, forty-five feet in circumference.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ He also made a molten sea, of ten cubits from brim to brim, rounded on all sides. Its height was five cubits, and a thin rope of thirty cubits wrapped it all around.

1 Kings 7:23 Cross References

1 Kings 7:22

And on the top of the columns was lily work. Thus the work of the columns was completed.

1 Kings 7:44

and the one Sea, and twelve oxen under the Sea;

2 Kings 16:15

And Sovereign Aḥ

2 Kings 16:17

And Sovereign Aḥ

2 Kings 25:13

And the bronze columns that were in the House of יהוה, and the stands and the bronze Sea that were in the House of יהוה, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and took their bronze away to Baḇ

1 Chronicles 18:8

And from Tiḇ

2 Chronicles 4:2

And he made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from one rim to the other, round all about. And its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured around it.

Exodus 30:17

And יהוה  spoke to Mosheh, saying,

Exodus 38:8

And he made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who did service at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Jeremiah 27:19

“For thus said יהוה  of hosts concerning the columns, and concerning the Sea, and concerning the stands, and concerning the remainder of the vessels which are left in this city,

Jeremiah 52:17

And the Chaldeans broke the bronze columns that were in the House of יהוה, and the stands and the bronze Sea that were in the House of יהוה, and brought all their bronze to Baḇ

Jeremiah 52:20

The two columns, one Sea, the twelve bronze bulls which were under it, and the stands, which Sovereign Shelomoh had made for the House of יהוה  – the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weighing.