1 Kings 7:23-26 - The Reservoir

²³ Hiram also made a sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in shape and five cubits and 30 cubits in its inner circumference. ²⁴ Under the brim, completely encircling it, were two rows of gourds inlaid as part of the original casting, ten to a cubit. ²⁵ The sea stood on top of twelve oxen. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. The sea was set on top of them, and their hind parts faced the center. ²⁶ The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths, stood about a handbreadth thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom.