1 Kings 7:24 · KJV
“And under the brim of it round about {there were} knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops {were} cast in two rows, when it was cast.”
— 1 Kings 7:24
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: {it was} round all about, and his height {was} five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. {from...: Heb. from his brim to his brim}
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea {was set} above upon them, and all their hinder parts {were} inward.
1 Kings 7 — Context
And upon the top of the pillars {was} lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
23And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: {it was} round all about, and his height {was} five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. {from...: Heb. from his brim to his brim}
24And under the brim of it round about {there were} knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops {were} cast in two rows, when it was cast.
25It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea {was set} above upon them, and all their hinder parts {were} inward.
26And it {was} an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:18
And the cedar of the house within {was} carved with knops and open flowers: all {was} cedar; there was no stone seen. {knops: or, gourds} {open: Heb. openings of}
2 Chronicles 4:3
And under it {was} the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen {were} cast, when it was cast.
Exodus 37:17-22
And he made the candlestick {of} pure gold: {of} beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
Exodus 25:31-36
And thou shalt make a candlestick {of} pure gold: {of} beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.