历代志下 4:4

有十二只铜牛驮海：三只向北，三只向西，三只向南，三只向东；海在牛上，牛尾向内；

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.