Första Kungaboken 7:25

Havet stod på tolv oxar. Tre var vända mot norr, tre mot väster, tre mot söder och tre mot öster. Havet vilade ovanpå oxarna, och alla hade bakdelen vänd inåt.

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.