1 Kings 7:45
in 1 Kings 7and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Jehovah, were of burnished brass.
KJV
And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of bright brass.
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This verse in 1 Kings 7
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
), good brass, so the Chaldee, that which was strongest and looked finest. God, who is the best, must be served and honoured with the best. The place where all the brazen vessels were cast was the plain of Jordan, because the ground there was stiff and clayey, fit to make moulds of for the casting of the brass (
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The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַסִּיר֨וֹת | hasirot | the pots | H5518 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיָּעִ֜ים | haiyaim | the shovels | H3257 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּזְרָק֗וֹת | hamizrakot | the bowls | H4219 → | 32 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַכֵּלִ֣ים | hakelim | the utensils | H3627 → | 325 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haohel | the these | H428 → | 746 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֥ה | ʾasah | he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| חִירָ֛ם | chiram | Hiram | H2438 → | 22 times |
| לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | lamelekh | for the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| נְחֹ֖שֶׁת | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| מְמֹרָֽט׃ | memorat | polished | H4803 → |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַסִּיר֨וֹתthe pots
hasirotH5518 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַיָּעִ֜יםthe shovels
haiyaimH3257 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמִּזְרָק֗וֹתthe bowls
hamizrakotH4219 →32 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַכֵּלִ֣יםthe utensils
hakelimH3627 →325 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּהthe these
haohelH428 →746 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֥הhe made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
חִירָ֛םHiram
chiramH2438 →22 times
לַמֶּ֥לֶךְfor the king
lamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
נְחֹ֖שֶׁתbronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
מְמֹרָֽט׃polished
memoratH4803 →
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
2 Chronicles 4:16and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 4:11
Additionally, 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:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 2:13
So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.
- 1 Kings 7:13–14
Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.
- 1 Chronicles 28:17
the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;
- 2 Chronicles 4:11
Through
Leviticus 8:31And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings,…
it leads to
- Exodus 29:31–32
You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.
- Exodus 29:31–32
Through
Exodus 38:3He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
it leads to
- Exodus 27:3
Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
- 1 Samuel 2:13
or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
- Exodus 27:3
Through
Exodus 27:3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
it leads to
- Exodus 38:3
He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
- Exodus 38:3
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
