2 Chronicles 4:5

5 And the thickness of it was a handbreadth and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies, and it received and held three thousand baths.

2 Chronicles 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:5

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 4:5 In-Context

3 And under it were figures of oxen, which did compass it round about, ten in each cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two orders of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north and three looking toward the west and three looking toward the Negev and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
5 And the thickness of it was a handbreadth and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies, and it received and held three thousand baths.
6 He also made ten lavers and put five on the right hand and five on the left, to wash in them; they cleansed the work of the burnt offering in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
7 And he made ten lampstands of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
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