sea] 2 Chron. 4. 2. So called, by reason of the largenesse of it. See notes on v. 38.
ten cubits] To shew it was exactly round: for a diameter (that is, a straight line thorow the midst of a circle) is the third part of a perfect circumterence, or round circle.
from one brim to the other] Heb. from his brim to his brim.