1 Kings 7:35

35 Around the top of each cart was a rim nine inches wide. The corner supports and side panels were cast as one unit with the cart.

1 Kings 7:35 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:35

And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half
a cubit high
The same with the chapiter, ( 1 Kings 7:31 ) which rose up straight half a cubit, and widening upwards half a cubit more, here called the round compass of it:

and on the top of the base, the ledges thereof and the borders thereof,
were of the same;
of the same piece of brass with the base, all being cast together.

1 Kings 7:35 In-Context

33 and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze.

34 There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart.

35 Around the top of each cart was a rim nine inches wide. The corner supports and side panels were cast as one unit with the cart.

36 Carvings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees decorated the panels and corner supports wherever there was room, and there were wreaths all around.

37 All ten water carts were the same size and were made alike, for each was cast from the same mold.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew half a cubit wide [23 centimeters].