1 Kings 7:37-47

37 After this manner he made 1the ten stands. All of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.
38 And he made 2ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
39 And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
40 3Hiram also made 4the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the LORD:
41 the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two 5latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars;
42 and the 6four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
43 the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands;
44 and 7the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.
45 Now 8the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the LORD, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze.
46 In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between 9Succoth and 10Zarethan.
47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; 11the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.

1 Kings 7:37-47 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.

Cross References 11

  • 1. [See ver. 27 above]
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 4:6; [Exodus 30:18]
  • 3. For ver. 40-51, see 2 Chronicles 4:11 - 5:1
  • 4. Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3
  • 5. ver. 17, 18
  • 6. [ver. 20]
  • 7. ver. 23, 25
  • 8. Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3
  • 9. Joshua 13:27
  • 10. Joshua 3:16
  • 11. [1 Chronicles 22:3, 14]
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