1 Kings 7:37

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.

1 Kings 7:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:37

After this manner he made the ten bases
This was the form and fashion of them as above described:

all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size;
they were all cast into the same mould, and were exactly alike in their form, figures, and size, and each weighed 2000 talents, and the weight of a talent was ninety three pounds and upwards, according to Jacob Leon ^F2.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Relation of Memorable Things in the Temple, c. 4. p. 21.

1 Kings 7:37 In-Context

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.

39 Huram put five stands on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. He put the large bowl in the southeast corner of the Temple.