1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 Kings 7:23 See note on 2 Chron. 4:2–6. The sea of cast metal was a large metal basin containing water. It would remind the people of how the Lord created the world out of water (Genesis 1:1; Psalms 74:12). Associated with the sea were ten stands of bronze (1 Kings 7:27). The basins of v. 1 Kings 7:40 are not those of vv. 1 Kings 7:38, but different utensils used in cleaning out the altar (see Exodus 27:3), as were the pots and shovels.

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