2 Chronicles 4:3
And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
The verse describes the temple's great bronze sea, with decorative oxen cast in two rows beneath it and compassing it round about. The sea was large, and the rows of oxen were cast around its base as part of its ornamentation. The word similitude means likeness or resemblance, so the figures under the sea were cast in a form resembling oxen.
The verse belongs to the description of Solomon's temple, a permanent and larger-scale sanctuary built on the same general plan as the tabernacle of Moses and according to a divinely given pattern. Its sacred vessels were larger and more numerous than those of the tabernacle, yet they were of the same kind, followed the same plan, and served the same ministry. That ministry included two holy places, in both tabernacle and temple. The temple, including its furnishings, was a pattern of the heavenly temple, which therefore has two holy places. No separate explanation is given of the details about the oxen cast around the bronze sea.