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1 Kings 7:24

22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

23 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.

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.

25 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.

26 And 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.

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BSB
Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
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.
WEB
Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
ASV
And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
DARBY
And under the brim of it round about there were colocynths, encompassing it, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about; two rows of colocynths, cast when it was cast.
BLB
And [were] ornamental buds beneath its brim round about surrounding it, ten by the cubit, all the way around the Sea. In two rows the ornamental buds [were] cast when it was cast.
ÅB
Nedenfor dets rand var det kolokvinter rundt omkring; de gikk rundt omkring havet, ti på hver alen; det var to rader med kolokvinter, og de var støpt i ett med havet.
OTB
Og under kanten gikk det gresskar rundt omkring, ti på en alen, som omkranset Havet rundt omkring; gresskarene var støpt i to rader da det ble støpt.
B1930
Nedenfor dets rand var det kolokvinter rundt omkring; de gikk rundt omkring havet, ti på hver alen; det var to rader med kolokvinter, og de var støpt i ett med havet.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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:

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