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1 Kings 7:23-26

23 ^aThen he made ^bthe sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 24 Under its brim were ^cgourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. 25 It stood on ^dtwelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. 26 Its thickness was a handbreadth, ^{▼

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A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters} and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths. ^{▼

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A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters}