Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

He made

Exodus 30:18
Make a copper basin with a bronze stand for washing. Put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and fill it with water.
Exodus 38:8
He made the laver (basin) of copper with its base of copper, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

A molten sea

2 Kings 25:13
The copper pillars in the Temple of Jehovah, and the wheeled bases, and the great copper water-vessel in the Temple of Jehovah were broken up by the Chaldaeans. They took the copper to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 4:2
He also made a round tank (molten sea) of copper. It was seven and one half feet deep, fifteen feet in diameter, and forty-five feet in circumference.
Jeremiah 52:17
The Babylonians broke apart the copper pillars of Jehovah's Temple, the stands, and the copper pool in Jehovah's Temple. They shipped all the copper to Babylon.