1Ki 7:25-26 | NET2full | STEP | “The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls . Three faced northward , three westward , three southward , and three eastward . “The Sea ” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward .

1 Kings 7:25-26

25 “The Sea” ^{▼▼tn Heb “It.” The proper noun “The Sea” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.} stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. “The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward. ^{▼▼tn Heb “all their hindquarters were toward the inside.”} 26 It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons. ^{▼▼tn Heb “2,000 baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).}