This is an article from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.\nThis article is written from a nineteenth century Christian viewpoint, and may not reflect modern opinions or recent discoveries in Biblical scholarship.\nPlease help the Wikipedia by bringing this article up to date. Molten Sea - the great laver made by Solomon for the use of the priests in\nthe temple, described in 1 Kings 7:23-26; 2 Chr. 4:2-5. It stood\nin the south-eastern corner of the inner court. It was 5 cubits\nhigh, 10 in diameter from brim to brim, and 30 in circumference.\nIt was placed on the backs of twelve oxen, standing with their\nfaces outward. It was capable of containing two or three\nthousand baths of water (comp. 2 Chr. 4:5), which was originally\nsupplied by the Gibeonites, but was afterwards brought by a\nconduit from the pools of Bethlehem. It was made of "brass"\n(copper), which Solomon had taken from the captured cities of\nHadarezer, the king of Zobah (1 Chr. 18:8). Ahaz afterwards\nremoved this laver from the oxen, and placed it on a stone\npavement (2 Kings 16:17). It was destroyed by the Chaldeans\n(25:13). From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)