1 Kings 7:36

36 The sides of the stand and the frames were covered with carvings of creatures with wings, as well as lions, palm trees, and flowers.

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 The four supports were on the four corners of each stand. They were made as one piece with the stand.

35 A strip of bronze around the top of each stand was nine inches deep. It was also made as one piece with the stand.

36 The sides of the stand and the frames were covered with carvings of creatures with wings, as well as lions, palm trees, and flowers.

37 This is the way Huram made the ten stands. The bronze for each stand was melted and poured into a mold, so all the stands were the same size and shape.

38 Huram also made ten bronze bowls, one bowl for each of the ten stands. Each bowl was six feet across and could hold about two hundred thirty gallons.