The sides of the tank were 3 inches [83] thick. The rim around the tank was like the rim of a cup or like the petals on a flower. The tank held about 11,000 gallons. [84]
Huram [96] also made ten bowls. There was one bowl for each of the ten carts. Each bowl was 4 cubits [97] across. And each bowl could hold about 230 gallons. [98]
There were carts with bronze panels and basins for the priests to wash their hands. King Ahaz removed the panels and basins and cut up the carts. He also took the large tank off the bronze bulls that stood under it. He put the large tank on a stone pavement.
The Babylonian soldiers broke to pieces all the bronze things in the Lord’s temple. They broke the bronze columns, the bronze carts, and the large bronze tank. Then they took all of that bronze to Babylon.
The Lord All-Powerful says this about those things that are still left in Jerusalem. In the temple, {\cf2\super [216]} there are the pillars, the bronze sea, the moveable stands, and other things. {\cf2\super [217]} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, left those things in Jerusalem.
The Babylonian army broke up the bronze columns of the temple. They also broke up the stands and the Bronze Tank {\cf2\super [438]} that were in the Lord’s temple. They carried all that bronze away to Babylon.
The two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the moveable stands were very heavy. King Solomon had made those things for the Lord’s temple. The bronze that those things were made of was so heavy it could not be weighed.