so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths. ¹ 

King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took “The Sea” ¹  down from the bronze bulls that supported it ²  and put it on the pavement.

When the foundations ¹  are destroyed, what can the godly ²  accomplish?” ³ 

He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.

He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

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.” ¹  They took the bronze to Babylon.

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.

The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the temple of the Lord, as well as the movable stands and the large bronze basin called the “The Sea.” ¹  They took all the bronze to Babylon.

I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick ¹  of 10½ feet ²  high.

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.” ¹ 

But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ¹  ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” ²  (that is, to bring Christ down)

God chose ¹  what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. ¹  Each basin was six feet in diameter; ²  there was one basin for each stand.

and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness ¹  – a righteousness from God that is in fact ²  based on Christ’s ³  faithfulness. ⁴ 

David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem. ¹ 

In the month Ziv ¹  of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign ²  the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple.

for the wicked seem to be everywhere, ¹  when people promote evil. ² 

For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established ¹  it upon the ocean currents. ² 

The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead ¹  – he who starts ²  a town by unjust deeds.