1 Kings 7:27

The Bronze Water Carts

27 Then he made 10 bronze water carts.^[a] Each water cart was six feet^[b] long, six feet^[c] wide, and four and a half feet^[d] high.

1 Kings 7:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:27

And he made ten bases of brass
Seats, stands, or settles for the ten lavers after mentioned:

four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth
thereof;
as broad as it was long, and so a square, that the laver might stand firm upon it:

and three cubits the height of it;
from the ground plates to the surface, that the priests might be able to reach the layers, and wash their sacrifices.

1 Kings 7:27 In-Context

25 It stood on 12 oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The reservoir was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center.

26 The reservoir was three inches thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom. It held 11,000 gallons.

27 Then he made 10 bronze water carts. Each water cart was six feet long, six feet wide, and four and a half feet high.

28 This was the design of the carts: They had frames; the frames were between the cross-pieces,

29 and on the frames between the cross-pieces were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the cross-pieces there was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit bronze stands
• [b]. Lit four cubits
• [c]. Lit four cubits
• [d]. Lit three cubits