1 Kings 7:44

44 the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.

1 Kings 7:44 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:44

(See Gill on 1 Kings 7:40)

1 Kings 7:44 In-Context

42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
43 the ten stands, the ten basins on the stands;
44 the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.
45 The pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels that Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord were of burnished bronze.
46 In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
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