1 Kings 7:37

37 ¹He made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form.

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 the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it.

36 He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around.

37 He made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form.

38 He made ten basins of bronze, one basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin.

39 Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 4:14