he made: Exodus 30:18-21, Exodus 38:8
a molten sea: 2 Kings 25:13; 2 Chronicles 4:2; Jeremiah 52:17, Jeremiah 52:20
the one brim to the other: Heb. his brim to his brim
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1 Kings 7:23
1 Kings 7:23
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