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Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
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The Immense "Molten Sea"
Commentators describe the "molten sea" as a massive, circular basin made of cast bronze. It measured approximately 15 feet in diameter and 7.5 feet high, with a circumference of about 45 feet. This impressive vessel stood in the temple court and was a central piece of its furniture.
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19th Century
Anglican
Even if pôthôth is correct in Kings, the chronicler might have understood the word to mean openings, rather than hinges,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).
Presbyterian
Here is a further account of the furniture of God's house. Both outside and inside, there was that which typified the grace of the gospel and fores…
