1 Kings 7:44 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 7:44

the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

BSB

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ASV

and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;

KJV

And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Tyrian artists are frequently mentioned by ancient authors as skilful artificers in fashioning and embossing metal cups and bowls; and we need not wonder, therefore, to find them employed by Solomon in making the golden and brazen utensils for his temple and palaces.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הַיָּ֖ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
הָאֶחָ֑ד	ha.'e.Chad	<the> one	H259 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הַבָּקָ֥ר	ha.ba.Kar	the ox[en]	H1241 →
שְׁנֵים־	she.neim-	two [plus]	H8147 →
עָשָׂ֖ר	'a.Sar	ten	H6240 →
תַּ֥חַת	Ta.chat	under	H8478 →
הַיָּֽם׃	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →

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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
1 Kings 7:25
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
leads to
- Jeremiah 52:20
  As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 4:4–5
  The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
- Luke 24:47
  and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 1:10
  The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side,…
Through
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.
leads to
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 4:2
  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.
- 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.
- 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.

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

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