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What does 1 Kings 7:44 mean?
"the one sea; the twelve oxen under the sea;"
— 1 Kings 7:44 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
the two pillars; the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
the ten bases; the ten basins on the bases;
the one sea; the twelve oxen under the sea;
the pots; the shovels; and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in Yahweh’s house, were of burnished brass.
The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the brass could not be determined.
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