Numbers 34:3, 12, etc.). The word “sea” is used symbolically in Isaiah
60:5, where it probably means the nations around the Mediterranean. In
Daniel 7:3, Revelation 13:1 it may mean the tumultuous changes among the
nations of the earth.
- SEA, THE MOLTEN the great laver made by Solomon for the use of the
priests in the temple, described in 1 Kings 7:23-26; 2 Chronicles 4:2-5. It
stood in the south-eastern corner of the inner court. It was 5 cubits high,
10 in diameter from brim to brim, and 30
in circumference. It was placed on the
backs of twelve oxen, standing with
their faces outward. It was capable of
containing two or three thousand baths
of water (comp. 2 Chronicles 4:5),
which was originally supplied by the
Gibeonites, but was afterwards brought
by a conduit from the pools of
Bethlehem. It was made of “brass”
SUPPOSED FORM OF THE MOLTEN SEA (copper), which Solomon had taken
from the captured cities of Hadarezer,
the king of Zobah (1 Chronicles 18:8). Ahaz afterwards removed this laver
from the oxen, and placed it on a stone pavement (2 Kings 16:17). It was
destroyed by the Chaldeans (25:13). - SEBA (1.) One of the sons of Cush (Genesis 10:7).
(2.) The name of a country and nation (Isaiah 43:3; 45:14) mentioned along
with Egypt and Ethiopia, and therefore probably in north-eastern Africa.
The ancient name of Meroe. The kings of Sheba and Seba are mentioned
together in Psalm 72:10.