1 KINGS 7:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.”
The rim of the Sea, fashioned like a lotus or lily, invokes the flower symbolism of renewal and resurrection found throughout ancient Near Eastern theology, connecting the water basin to larger themes of regeneration and spiritual transformation. The thickness of the bronze—a hand's breadth—emphasizes both the solidity of the structure and the accessibility of God's grace, thick enough to endure yet thin enough to appear permeable to divine presence. This precise measurement expresses the theological paradox that God's sustaining power is neither distant nor overwhelming but proportionate to human need and perception.
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