1 Kings 7:29

29 Lions, bulls, and cherubim were represented on the panels and uprights. Beveled wreath-work bordered the lions and bulls above and below.

1 Kings 7:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:29

And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions,
oxen, and cherubims
The figures of them, for ornament sake; the cherubim, being distinguished from lions and oxen might be figures of men, or else of eagles, as Josephus ^F25, see ( Ezekiel 1:10 )

and upon the ledges there was a base above;
a flat piece of brass laid upon the top of the staves or bars:

and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin
work;
these, according to Dr. Lightfoot ^F26, whom I chiefly follow in this account, were shelving plates of brass at the bottom of the borders and bars, where the priests washed the sacrifice; the filth of which ran off the easier, through the angle of them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 8. c. 3. sect. 5.)
F26 Prospect of the Temple, ch. 38. sect. 2.

1 Kings 7:29 In-Context

27 Hiram also made ten washstands of bronze. Each was six feet square and four and a half feet tall.

28 They were made like this: Panels were fastened to the uprights.

29 Lions, bulls, and cherubim were represented on the panels and uprights. Beveled wreath-work bordered the lions and bulls above and below.

30 Each stand was mounted on four bronze wheels with bronze axles. The uprights were cast with decorative relief work.

31 Each stand held a basin on a circular engraved support a foot and a half deep set on a pedestal two and a quarter feet square. The washstand itself was square.