1 Kings 7:29

29 et inter coronulas et plectas leones et boves et cherubin et in iuncturis similiter desuper et subter leones et boves quasi lora ex aere dependentia

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 et fecit bases decem aereas quattuor cubitorum longitudinis bases singulas et quattuor cubitorum latitudinis et trium cubitorum altitudinis

28 et ipsum opus basium interrasile erat et scalpturae inter iuncturas

29 et inter coronulas et plectas leones et boves et cherubin et in iuncturis similiter desuper et subter leones et boves quasi lora ex aere dependentia

30 et quattuor rotae per bases singulas et axes aerei et per quattuor partes quasi umeruli subter luterem fusiles contra se invicem respectantes

31 os quoque luteris intrinsecus erat in capitis summitate et quod forinsecus apparebat unius cubiti erat totum rotundum pariterque habebat unum cubitum et dimidium in angulis autem columnarum variae celaturae erant et media intercolumnia quadrata non rotunda