1 Kings 7:37

37 In this manner he made ten stands, each one cast in a single mold of the same size and shape.

1 Kings 7:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:37

After this manner he made the ten bases
This was the form and fashion of them as above described:

all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size;
they were all cast into the same mould, and were exactly alike in their form, figures, and size, and each weighed 2000 talents, and the weight of a talent was ninety three pounds and upwards, according to Jacob Leon ^F2.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Relation of Memorable Things in the Temple, c. 4. p. 21.

1 Kings 7:37 In-Context

35 The top of the stand had a band running around the perimeter that was nine inches deep. The stand had its own supports and panels.

36 On the surfaces of the supports and panels he carved winged otherworldly creatures, lions, and palm trees with wreaths everywhere.

37 In this manner he made ten stands, each one cast in a single mold of the same size and shape.

38 He made ten bronze washbasins, each able to hold forty baths. Every washbasin was six feet across, and there was one for each of the ten stands.

39 He placed five stands on the south of the temple and five on the north of the temple. He placed the Sea at the southeast corner of the temple.