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|1 Reyes 7:21|
He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin [Jakin probably means he establishes.] and the one to the north Boaz. [Boaz probably means in him is strength.]
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|1 Reyes 7:22|
The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed.
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|1 Reyes 7:23|
He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits [That is, about 15 feet (about 4.5 metres)] from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits [That is, about 45 feet (about 13.7 metres)] to measure round it.
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|1 Reyes 7:24|
Below the rim, gourds encircled it — ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
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|1 Reyes 7:25|
The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were towards the centre.
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|1 Reyes 7:26|
It was a handbreadth [That is, about 3 inches (about 8 centimetres)] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths. [That is, probably about 9,700 gallons (about 44 kilolitres); the Septuagint does not have this sentence.]
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|1 Reyes 7:27|
He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high. [That is, about 6 feet (about 1.8 metres) long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet (about 1.4 metres) high]
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|1 Reyes 7:28|
This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights.
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|1 Reyes 7:29|
On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim — and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work.
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|1 Reyes 7:30|
Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side.
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