1 Kings 7:42-51

42 and the 1four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars;
43 and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands;
44 and 2the one sea and the twelve * oxen under the sea;
45 and 3the pails and the shovels and the bowls; even all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
46 4In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between 5Succoth and 6Zarethan.
47 Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; 7the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained.
48 Solomon made all the furniture which was in the house of the LORD: 8the golden altar and the golden table on which was the 9bread of the Presence;
49 and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and 10the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, of gold;
50 and the cups and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the 11firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold.
51 12Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished. And 13Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

1 Kings 7:42-51 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 13

  • 1. 1 Kings 7:20
  • 2. 1 Kings 7:23, 25
  • 3. Exodus 27:3; 2 Chronicles 4:16
  • 4. 2 Chronicles 4:17
  • 5. Genesis 33:17; Joshua 13:27
  • 6. Joshua 3:16
  • 7. 1 Chronicles 22:3, 14
  • 8. Exodus 30:1-3; Exodus 37:10-29; 2 Chronicles 4:8
  • 9. Exodus 25:30
  • 10. Exodus 25:31-38
  • 11. Exodus 27:3; 2 Kings 25:15
  • 12. 2 Chronicles 5:1
  • 13. 2 Samuel 8:11; 1 Chronicles 18:11; 2 Chronicles 5:1
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