1 Kings 7:23 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 7:23

He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Bede

Of the Temple of Solomon 2.19.1-3 (735)

"He also made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, completely round." This molten sea was made as a figure of the laver of salvation in which we are cleansed for the remission of our sins. For priests were washed in it, …

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

A Sea - He melted the brass, and cast it into the form of a great vessel, for its vastness called a sea, which name is given by the Hebrew to all great collections of waters. The use of it was for the priests to wash their hands and feet, or other things as occasion required, with the water which they drew out of it.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Yet this prevailed not to prevent Jerusalem's setting up the calves for deities. In the court of the tabernacle there was only a laver of brass provided to wash in, but in the court of the temple a sea of brass, intimating that by the gospel of Christ much fuller preparation is made for our cleansing than was by the law of Moses.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The “molten sea “of Solomon, so called from its great size, took the place of the laver of the tabernacle Exo 30:18-21, which was required for the ablutions of the priests. It was ten cubits, or fully fifteen feet, in diameter at top, and therefore forty-seven feet in circumference, with a depth of 5 cubits, or 7 12 feet.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ	vai.Ya.'as	and he made	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַיָּ֖ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
מוּצָ֑ק	mu.Tzak	cast [metal]	H4165 →
עֶ֣שֶׂר	'E.ser	[was] ten	H6235 →
בָּ֠אַמָּה	Ba.'a.mah	by the cubit	H520 →
מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹ	mi.se.fa.To	from lip its	H8193 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
שְׂפָת֜וֹ	se.fa.To	lip its	H8193 →
עָגֹ֣ל׀	'a.Gol	round	H5696 →
סָבִ֗יב	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →
וְחָמֵ֤שׁ	ve.cha.Mesh	and [was] five	H2568 →
בָּֽאַמָּה֙	ba.'a.Mah	by the cubit	H520 →
קוֹמָת֔וֹ	ko.ma.To	height its	H6967 →
וְקָו֙	u.ke.veh	and a measuring-line	H6957 →
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים	she.lo.Shim	thirty	H7970 →
בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה	ba.'a.Mah	by the cubit	H520 →
יָסֹ֥ב	ya.So	it went round	H5437 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →
סָבִֽיב׃	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 25:13
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:18
  who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Exodus 38:8
Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
leads to
- Luke 2:37
  and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
- 1 Samuel 2:22
  Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of…
- Exodus 40:7
  And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
- 1 Timothy 5:5
  The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
- Titus 3:5–6
  He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Through
1 Chronicles 18:8
And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:8
  And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
Through
Jeremiah 52:17
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
leads to
- Jeremiah 27:19–22
  For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Kings