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1 Kings 7:36

in 1 Kings 7

He 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.

This verse in 1 Kings 7

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

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

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

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

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 & Brown

1802–1910

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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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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 6:29

    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.

    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…

  • Through

    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.

    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.

  • Through

    1 Kings 7:29

    and 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.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.

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.