And the cedar of the house within was carved with knobs and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
And under the brim of it round about there were knobs around it, ten in a cubit, surrounding the sea round about: the knobs were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.