1 Kings 7:33
in 1 Kings 7The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 7
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel,.... In the same form and fashion as one of them; the Targum is, "like a chariot of glory;'' a splendid one, curiously wrought; unless reference is had in it to the chariot of Ezekiel's vision: their axle trees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten; cast together when the base was.
This site's exposition
ten movable stands of bronze
on 1 Kings 7:27-37
The ten wheeled stands are carved with “lions, oxen, and cherubim” and palm trees, and their wheels are “made like chariot wheels”. Cherubim and wheels together recall what Ezekiel later sees in motion. The washing stands of the house roll on wheels, built to move to their work.
This site's exposition
The wheels were made like chariot wheels
John Gill notes that axles, rims, spokes and hubs were cast together with the stand. The Targum renders the phrase like a chariot of glory. Each wheel was one casting.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
he made ten bases of brass--These were trucks or four-wheeled carriages, for the support and conveyance of the lavers. The description of their structure shows that they were elegantly fitted up and skilfully adapted to their purpose. They stood, not on the axles, but on four rests attached to the axles, so that the figured sides were considerably raised above the wheels.
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The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמַֽעֲשֵׂה֙ | umaaseh | and [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| הָא֣וֹפַנִּ֔ים | haofanim | the wheels | H212 → | 35 times |
| כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה | kemaaseh | [was] like [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| אוֹפַ֣ן | ʾofan | <the> wheel of | H212 → | 35 times |
| הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֑ה | hamerkavah | <the> chariot | H4818 → | 44 times |
| יְדוֹתָ֣ם | yedotam | hands their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְגַבֵּיהֶ֗ם | vegabeihem | and rims their | H1354 → | |
| וְחִשֻּׁקֵיהֶ֛ם | vechishukeihem | and spokes their | H2839 → | |
| וְחִשֻּׁרֵיהֶ֖ם | vechishureihem | and hubs their | H2840 → | |
| הַכֹּ֥ל | hakol | <the> everything | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מוּצָֽק׃ | mutzak | [was] cast | H3332 → | 50 times |
וּמַֽעֲשֵׂה֙and [the] work of
umaasehH4639 →236 times
הָא֣וֹפַנִּ֔יםthe wheels
haofanimH212 →35 times
כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה[was] like [the] work of
kemaasehH4639 →236 times
אוֹפַ֣ן<the> wheel of
ʾofanH212 →35 times
הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֑ה<the> chariot
hamerkavahH4818 →44 times
יְדוֹתָ֣םhands their
yedotamH3027 →1618 times
וְגַבֵּיהֶ֗םand rims their
vegabeihemH1354 →
וְחִשֻּׁקֵיהֶ֛םand spokes their
vechishukeihemH2839 →
וְחִשֻּׁרֵיהֶ֖םand hubs their
vechishureihemH2840 →
הַכֹּ֥ל<the> everything
hakolH3605 →5413 times
מוּצָֽק׃[was] cast
mutzakH3332 →50 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 1:18Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 10:12
Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
- Revelation 4:8
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty,…
- Revelation 4:6
And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
- Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Psalms 77:16–19
The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
- Ezekiel 10:12
Through
Ezekiel 1:16The workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like a wheel within a wheel.
it leads to
- Daniel 10:6
His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of…
- Ezekiel 10:9–11
Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
- Romans 11:33
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Daniel 10:6
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Kings
This page draws on F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.