1 Kings 7:33-43

33 The wheels' design was similar to that of chariot wheels: their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
34 Four supports were at the four corners of each water cart; each support was one piece with the water cart.
35 At the top of the cart was a band nine inches[a] high encircling it; also, at the top of the cart, its braces and its frames were one piece with it.
36 He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the plates of its braces and on its frames, wherever each had space, with encircling wreaths.
37 In this way he made the 10 water carts using the same casting, dimensions, and shape for all of them.

Bronze Basins and Other Utensils

38 Then he made 10 bronze basins-each basin holding 220 gallons[b] and each was six feet[c] wide-one basin for each of the 10 water carts.
39 He set five water carts on the right side of the temple and five on the left side.[d] He put the reservoir near the right side of the temple toward the southeast.[e]
40 Then Hiram made the basins, the shovels, and the sprinkling basins.[f] So Hiram finished all the work that he was doing for King Solomon on the Lord's temple:

Completion of the Bronze Works

41 two pillars;[g] bowls for the capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars;[h]
42 the 400 pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals' bowls on top of the pillars);[i]
43 the 10 water carts;[j] the 10 basins on the water carts;[k]

1 Kings 7:33-43 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7

This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.

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