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1 Kings 7:45 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 7 · verse 45
And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.1 Kings 7:45 · King James Version
1 Kings 7:45 in context
43And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
44And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
45And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.
46In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
47And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shovelsyâʻa shovelH3257 →
- vesselskᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- basonsmizrâqa bowlH4219 →
- HiramChîyrâmChiram or Chirom, the name of two TyriansH2438 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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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