1 Kings 7:41-47

Completion of the Bronze Works

41 two pillars;^[a] 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;^[b]

42 the 400 pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals' bowls on top of the pillars);^[c]

43 the 10 water carts;^[d] the 10 basins on the water carts;^[e]

44 the reservoir;^[f] the 12 oxen underneath the reservoir;^[g]

45 and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling basins. All the utensils that Hiram made for King Solomon at the Lord's temple [were made] of burnished bronze.

46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.^[h]

47 Solomon left all the utensils unweighed because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.^[i]

1 Kings 7:41-47 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.

Footnotes

• [a] 1 Kg 7:15
• [b] 1 Kg 7:17
• [c] 1 Kg 7:20
• [d] 1 Kg 7:27
• [e] 1 Kg 7:38
• [f] 1 Kg 7:23
• [g] 1 Kg 7:25
• [h] 1 Kg 4:12
• [i] 2 Ch 4:11-18