1 Kings 7:36
in 1 Kings 7He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the panels thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.
KJV
For 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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 7
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis 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
wherever each had space
Albert Barnes and John Wesley read wherever each had space as carvings sized to the room left for them. The panels at the top were smaller than those on the sides of the stand. The figures shrank to fit.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The proportion - Or, empty place, that is, according to the bigness of the spaces which were left empty for them, implying that they were smaller than those above mentioned.
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
According to the proportion of every one - i. e. “as large as the room left for them allowed,” implying that the panels were smaller than those on the sides of the base, and allowed scant room for the representations.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְפַתַּ֤ח | vayfatach | and he engraved | H6605 → | 144 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַלֻּחֹת֙ | haluchot | the plates of | H3871 → | |
| יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ | yedoteiha | hands its | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְעַל֙ | veal | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִסְגְּרֹתֶ֔יהָ | misgeroteiha | rims its | H4526 → | 17 times |
| כְּרוּבִ֖ים | keruvim | cherubim | H3742 → | 91 times |
| אֲרָי֣וֹת | ʾarayot | lions | H738 → | 80 times |
| וְתִמֹרֹ֑ת | vetimorot | and palm trees | H8561 → | 19 times |
| כְּמַֽעַר־ | kemaar- | according to [the] clear space of | H4629 → | |
| אִ֥ישׁ | ʾish | each | H376 → | 1663 times |
| וְלֹי֖וֹת | veloyot | and garlands | H3914 → | 3 times |
| סָבִֽיב׃ | saviv | [were] all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
וַיְפַתַּ֤חand he engraved
vayfatachH6605 →144 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַלֻּחֹת֙the plates of
haluchotH3871 →
יְדֹתֶ֔יהָhands its
yedoteihaH3027 →1618 times
וְעַל֙and on
vealH5921 →5755 times
מִסְגְּרֹתֶ֔יהָrims its
misgeroteihaH4526 →17 times
כְּרוּבִ֖יםcherubim
keruvimH3742 →91 times
אֲרָי֣וֹתlions
ʾarayotH738 →80 times
וְתִמֹרֹ֑תand palm trees
vetimorotH8561 →19 times
כְּמַֽעַר־according to [the] clear space of
kemaar-H4629 →
אִ֥ישׁeach
ʾishH376 →1663 times
וְלֹי֖וֹתand garlands
veloyotH3914 →3 times
סָבִֽיב׃[were] all around
savivH5439 →336 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
1 Kings 6:29Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 6:18
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 6:32
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
- Psalms 92:12–15
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Revelation 5:11–14
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Revelation 7:9
After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes…
- 1 Kings 6:18
Through
1 Kings 6:32The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 6:29
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
- 1 Kings 6:29
Through
1 Kings 7:29and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.
it leads to
- Revelation 5:5
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Hebrews 9:5
Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
- Revelation 5:5
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Kings

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Kings.
