1 Kings 7:36

36 The supports and panels were decorated with figures of winged creatures, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was space for them, with spiral figures all around.

1 Kings 7:36 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:36

For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders
thereof
In this, and the preceding verse, a different word is used, translated "ledges", from that in ( 1 Kings 7:28 1 Kings 7:29 ) , the Targum renders it axle trees; as if the axle trees of the wheels, and the borders, circumferences, and rings of them, were meant, in which were the following engravings: it literally signifies hands or handles; and Procopius Gazaeus says, that the bases had, in the upper part of them, forms of hands holding a circle like a crown:

he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion
of everyone;
these figures were made as large as the plates of the ledges, and the borders, would allow room for:

and the addition round about;
which were sloping shelves of brass around the base, ( 1 Kings 7:29 ) these were ornamented in like manner.

1 Kings 7:36 In-Context

34 There were four supports at the bottom corners of each cart, which were of one piece with the cart.

35 There was a 9-inch band around the top of each cart; its supports and the panels were of one piece with the cart.

36 The supports and panels were decorated with figures of winged creatures, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was space for them, with spiral figures all around.

37 This, then, is how the carts were made; they were all alike, having the same size and shape.

38 Huram also made ten basins, one for each cart. Each basin was 6 feet in diameter and held 200 gallons.