an hand breadth

Jeremiah 52:21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it...

with flowers

1 Kings 7:19 And the capitals that were on the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

1 Kings 6:18,32,35 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen...

it contained This immense laver, called a {sea} from it magnitude, held, at a moderate computation,

16,000 gallons. Besides this great brazen laver, there were in the temple ten lavers of brass of a less size, which moved on wheels, and were ornamented with the figures of various animals, having, probably, always some relation to the cherubim. These lavers were to hold water for the use of the priests in their sacred office, particularly to wash the victims that were to be offered as a burnt offering, as we learn from

2 Chronicles 4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them...

; but the {brazen sea} was for the priest to wash in. The {knops} are supposed to have been in the form of an ox's head (

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...

;) and some think the water flowed out at their mouths.

two thousand

1 Kings 7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits...

2 Chronicles 4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies...

Ezekiel 45:14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, you shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor...