1 Kings 7:37

37 He made the ten stands like this in one cast, with the same measurement and shape for each of them.

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 On top of the stand [was] half a cubit deep, circular all around, and on the top of the stand [were] its supports and its frames.

36 He engraved on the plates, on its supports, and on its frame cherubim, lions and images of a palm tree, according to the space for each, with wreaths all around.

37 He made the ten stands like this in one cast, with the same measurement and shape for each of them.

38 He also made ten bronze basins, [each] holding forty baths; each basin [was] four cubits, one basin on each of the ten stands.

39 He placed five of the stands on the south side of the house and five on the north side of the house, and the sea he set on the southeast side of the house.