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1 Kings 7:35 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 7 · verse 35
And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.1 Kings 7:35 · King James Version
1 Kings 7:35 in context
33And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
34And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
35And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
36For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
37After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- compassçâbîyba circle, neighbour, or environsH5439 →
- bordersmiçgerethsomething enclosingH4526 →
- ledgesyâda handH3027 →
- roundʻâgôlcircularH5696 →
- cubitʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
- basemᵉkôwnâha pedestal, also a spotH4350 →
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We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, Ch1 29:2. What those things were we are not told, but some of the things of brass are here described and the rest mentioned. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-47