2 Kings 25:16

25:16 The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord’s temple – including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” ¹  and the movable stands – was too heavy to be weighed.

2 Kings 14:25

14:25 He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the Arabah in the south, ²  in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel announced through ³  his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

2 Kings 16:17

16:17 King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took “The Sea” ⁴  down from the bronze bulls that supported it ⁵  and put it on the pavement.

2 Kings 25:13

25:13 The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the Lord’s temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called the “The Sea.” ⁶  They took the bronze to Babylon.

¹ tc The MT lacks “the twelve bronze bulls under ‘the Sea,’” but these words have probably been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton. The scribe’s eye may have jumped from the וְהָ (vÿha-) on וְהַבָּקָר (vÿhabbaqar), “and the bulls,” to the וְהָ on וְהַמְּכֹנוֹת (vÿhammÿkhonot), “and the movable stands,” causing him to leave out the intervening words. See the parallel passage in Jer 52:20.

² tn The phrases “in the north” and “in the south” are added in the translation for clarification.

³ tn Heb “which he spoke by the hand of.”

³ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.

⁴ tn Heb “that [were] under it.”

⁴ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.