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11-1KI/07.usfm

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 \v 23 Huram made the round sea of cast metal, ten cubits from brim to brim. Its height was five cubits, and the sea was thirty cubits in circumference.
-\v 24 Under the brim encircling the sea were gourds, ten in each cubit, cast in one piece with the sea when the sea itself was cast.
+\v 24 Under the brim encircling the sea were gourds, ten in each cubit, cast in one piece with "The Sea," when that basin  was cast.
 
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-\v 25 The sea stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east. The sea was set on top of them, and all their hindquarters were toward the inside.
+\v 25 "The Sea" stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east. "The Sea" was set on top of them, and all their hindquarters were toward the inside.
 \v 26 The sea was as thick as the width of a hand, and its brim was forged like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. The sea held two thousand baths of water.
 
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 \v 38 Huram made ten basins of bronze. One basin could hold forty baths of water. Each basin was four cubits across and there was one basin on each of ten stands.
-\v 39 He made five stands on the south-facing side of the temple and five on the north-facing side of the temple. He set the sea on the east corner, facing toward the south of the temple.
+\v 39 He made five stands on the south-facing side of the temple and five on the north-facing side of the temple. He set "The Sea" on the east corner, facing toward the south of the temple.
 
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 \v 43 the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands.
 
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-\v 44 He made the sea and the twelve oxen under it;
+\v 44 He made the large basin called "The Sea" with its twelve oxen under it;
 \v 45 also the pots, shovels, basins, and all the other implements. Huram made them out of polished bronze, for King Solomon, for the temple of Yahweh.
 
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11-1KI/09.usfm

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 \v 26 King Solomon built a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
-\v 27 Hiram sent servants to Solomon's fleet, sailors who understood the sea, with Solomon's own servants.
+\v 27 Hiram sent servants to Solomon's fleet, sailors who were familiar with the sea, with Solomon's own servants.
 \v 28 They went to Ophir with servants of Solomon. From there they brought back 420 talents of gold for King Solomon.
 
 

14-2CH/04.usfm

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 \v 3 Under the brim encircling the sea were bulls, ten to each cubit, cast in one piece with the sea when the sea itself was cast.
 
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-\v 4 The sea stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east. The sea was set on top of them, and all their hindquarters were toward the inside.
-\v 5 The sea was as thick as the width of a hand, and its brim was forged like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. The sea held three thousand baths of water.
-\v 6 He made also ten basins for washing things; he put five on the right hand, and five on the left; items used in performing the burnt offering were to be washed in them. The sea, however, was for the priests to wash in.
+\v 4 The large basin known as "The Sea" was set upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east. The sea was set on top of them, and all their hindquarters were toward the inside.
+\v 5 "The Sea" was as thick as the width of a hand, and its brim was forged like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. The sea held three thousand baths of water.
+\v 6 He made also ten basins for washing things; he put five on the right hand, and five on the left; items used in performing the burnt offering were to be washed in them. The large basin known as "The Sea, however, was used by the priests for them to wash.
 
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 \v 9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests and the great court, and doors for the court; he overlaid their doors with bronze.
-\v 10 He placed the sea on the right side of the house, on the east, facing toward the south.
+\v 10 He placed the basin known as "The Sea" on the southeast corner of the house.
 
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 \v 11 Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the sprinkling bowls.

14-2CH/08.usfm

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-\v 17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath, on the coast in the land of Edom.
+\v 17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and then to Elath on the coast, in the land of Edom.
 \v 18 Hiram sent him ships commanded by officers who were experienced sailors. They sailed with Solomon's servants to Ophir. They took from there 450 talents of gold which they brought to King Solomon.
 
 

24-JER/27.usfm

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 \v 18 If they are prophets, and if the word of Yahweh has truly come to them, let them beg Yahweh of hosts not to send to Babylon the objects that remain in his house, the house of the king of Judah, and Jerusalem.
 
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-\v 19 Yahweh of hosts says this about the pillars, the sea, and the base, and the rest of the objects that remain in this city—
+\v 19 Yahweh of hosts says this about the pillars, the large basin known as "The Sea" and its base, and the rest of the objects that remain in this city—
 \v 20 the objects that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
 
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24-JER/52.usfm

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-\v 17 As for the bronze pillars that belonged to the house of Yahweh, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of
+\v 17 As for the bronze pillars that belonged to the house of Yahweh, and the stands, and the large bronze basin called "The Sea" that were in the house of
 Yahweh, the Chaldeans broke them into pieces and carried all the bronze back to Babylon.
 \v 18 The pots, shovels, lamp trimmers, bowls, and all the utensils of bronze with which the priests had served in the temple—the Chaldeans took them all away.
 \v 19 The basins and the incense burners, the bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and basins that were made of gold, and those made of silver—the commander of the king's guard took them away as well.
 
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-\v 20 The two pillars, the sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the stands, things that Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, contained more bronze than could be weighed.
+\v 20 The two pillars, the large bronze basin known as "The Sea," and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the stands, things that Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, contained more bronze than could be weighed.
 \v 21 The pillars were eighteen cubits high each, and a line around each one measured twelve cubits. Each was four fingers thick and hollow.
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 \v 22 A capital of bronze was on top of it. The capital was five cubits high, with latticework and pomegranates all around. It was all made of bronze. The other pillar and its pomegranates were the same as the first.