1 Re 7:36

36 Sulla parte liscia de’ sostegni e sui riquadri, Hiram scolpì dei cherubini, de’ leoni e delle palme, secondo gli spazi liberi, e delle ghirlande tutt’intorno.

1 Re 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 Re 7:36 In-Context

34 Ai quattro angoli d’ogni base, c’eran quattro mensole d’un medesimo pezzo con la base.

35 La parte superiore della base terminava con un cerchio di mezzo cubito d’altezza, ed aveva i suoi sostegni e i suoi riquadri tutti d’un pezzo con la base.

36 Sulla parte liscia de’ sostegni e sui riquadri, Hiram scolpì dei cherubini, de’ leoni e delle palme, secondo gli spazi liberi, e delle ghirlande tutt’intorno.

37 Così fece le dieci basi; la fusione, la misura e la forma eran le stesse per tutte.

38 Poi fece le dieci conche di rame, ciascuna delle quali conteneva quaranta bati, ed era di quattro cubiti; e ogni conca posava sopra una delle dieci basi.