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1 Kings 7:40

in 1 Kings 7

Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of Jehovah:

KJV

And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord:

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This verse in 1 Kings 7

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Tyrian artists are frequently mentioned by ancient authors as skilful artificers in fashioning and embossing metal cups and bowls; and we need not wonder, therefore, to find them employed by Solomon in making the golden and brazen utensils for his temple and palaces.

This site's exposition

ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths

on 1 Kings 7:38-40

The ten basins of forty baths each sit on the ten stands, five on each side of the temple. The Sea stands “at the southeast corner of the temple”. The step from one tabernacle basin to ten and a Sea measures the scale of the priestly service the house expects.

This site's exposition

Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls

Albert Barnes takes the pots as the caldrons for boiling the peace offerings, as at 1 Samuel 2:13-14. The craftsmen of Tyre were famed for metal bowls, and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown see why Solomon sent for Huram. Adam Clarke marvels at the work of one man.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

So Hiram made an end - It is truly surprising, that in so short a time one artist could design and execute works of such magnitude, taste, and variety, however numerous his assistants might be. The mere building of the house was a matter of little difficulty in comparison of these internal works.
Lavers - Rather, according to the true reading, “pots.” (Compare 1Ki 7:45; 2Ch 4:16.) The “pots” were the caldrons in which it was usual to boil the peace-offerings. See 1Sa 2:13-14,

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he made

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • חִיר֔וֹםHiram

    chiromH2438 →22 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַ֨כִּיֹּר֔וֹתthe lavers

    hakiyorotH3595 →23 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַיָּעִ֖יםthe shovels

    haiyaimH3257 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַמִּזְרָק֑וֹתthe bowls

    hamizrakotH4219 →32 times

  • וַיְכַ֣לand he finished

    vaykhalH3615 →208 times

  • חִירָ֗םHiram

    chiramH2438 →22 times

  • לַֽעֲשׂוֹת֙to do

    laasotH6213 →2628 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַמְּלָאכָ֔הthe work

    hamelakhahH4399 →167 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֛הhe did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • לַמֶּ֥לֶךְfor the king

    lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 4:11–16Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:3 works2 Chronicles 4:6He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.3 worksJeremiah 52:18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.3 works1 Kings 7:28This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights,2 worksExodus 24:6Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.2 worksExodus 39:32–43So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.2 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Kings 25:14–15They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.2 works2 Chronicles 4:8Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.2 works1 Kings 7:13Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.2 worksExodus 27:3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.2 works

The walk

5 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

    Exodus 24:6

    Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 1:19

      but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

    • Exodus 24:8

      So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

    • Hebrews 9:18

      That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

    • Leviticus 4:6

      The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.

    • Leviticus 3:8

      He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the…

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.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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