1 Kings 7:23
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
Cross-reference
1 Kings 7:44 lists the sea and the twelve oxen under it as part of the same temple inventory.
Exodus 30:18-21 describes the bronze laver for washing — the molten sea here serves the same ritual function, but on a much larger scale for the temple.
In Exodus 30:18-21, the tabernacle's bronze basin is used for priestly washing — the temple's molten sea here is its larger counterpart.
2 Kings 25:13 records the Babylonians breaking up the bronze sea from Solomon's temple, showing its destruction.
2 Chronicles 4:2 gives a parallel account of the same molten sea with identical dimensions.
Jeremiah 52:17 also describes the Babylonians breaking up the bronze sea and its stands.
Jeremiah 52:20 adds that the bronze of the sea included the twelve bulls under it, detailing its construction.
2 Kings 16:17 tells how King Ahaz removed the bronze oxen and set the sea on a stone base.