1 Kings 7:37
in 1 Kings 7In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.
KJV
After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
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This verse in 1 Kings 7
Commentary
4 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
each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape
John Gill reads the ten stands as cast in one mold. He cites Jacob Leon for a weight of two thousand talents each, at over ninety-three pounds a talent.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
After this manner he made the ten bases,.... This was the form and fashion of them as above described: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size; they were all cast into the same mould, and were exactly alike in their form, figures, and size, and each weighed 2000 talents, and the weight of a talent was ninety three pounds and upwards, according to Jacob Leon (b). (b) Relation of Memorable Things in the Temple, c. 4. p. 21.
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
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּזֹ֣את | kazot | like this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| עָשָׂ֔ה | ʾasah | he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֶ֣שֶׂר | ʾeser | [the] ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| הַמְּכֹנ֑וֹת | hamekhonot | the stands | H4350 → | 24 times |
| מוּצָ֨ק | mutzak | a casting | H4165 → | 4 times |
| אֶחָ֜ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מִדָּ֥ה | midah | a measurement | H4060 → | 55 times |
| אַחַ֛ת | ʾachat | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| קֶ֥צֶב | ketzev | a shape | H7095 → | |
| אֶחָ֖ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לְכֻלָּֽהְנָה׃ ס | lekhulahenah | for all of them | H3605 → | 5413 times |
כָּזֹ֣אתlike this
kazotH2063 →603 times
עָשָׂ֔הhe made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
עֶ֣שֶׂר[the] ten
ʾeserH6235 →176 times
הַמְּכֹנ֑וֹתthe stands
hamekhonotH4350 →24 times
מוּצָ֨קa casting
mutzakH4165 →4 times
אֶחָ֜דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מִדָּ֥הa measurement
midahH4060 →55 times
אַחַ֛תone
ʾachatH259 →971 times
קֶ֥צֶבa shape
ketzevH7095 →
אֶחָ֖דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
לְכֻלָּֽהְנָה׃ סfor all of them
lekhulahenahH3605 →5413 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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.