1 Kings 7:27
in 1 Kings 7In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
KJV
And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
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This verse in 1 Kings 7
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Ten bases of brass - These were for the ten lavers (1Ki 7:38. See 2Ch 4:6). In general terms the bases were square stands, 6 feet each way, and 4 12 feet high, elaborately ornamented on their four sides, and resting upon four wheels, 2 14 feet in diameter. Each stand supported a laver 6 feet high, which contained 40 baths 1Ki 7:38, or about 340 gallons.
This site's exposition
ten bases of brass
on 1 Kings 7:27-37
Ten wheeled stands, each carved with lions, oxen, cherubims and palm trees, their wheels made like the work of a chariot wheel, all of them one casting, one measure, and one size. Cherubim, wheels and living faces together read like a first sketch of what Ezekiel later sees in motion, a likeness the commentators draw and the page marks as theirs. The washing apparatus of the house rolls; cleansing in this architecture is designed to move to its work.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
However, that each of the bases was four cubits long and four cubits high is easy to understand. For the length refers to the patience of long endurance, the width to the expansiveness of love, the height to the hope of heavenly reward. Moreover, there …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he made ten bases of brass,.... Seats, stands, or settles for the ten lavers after mentioned: four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof; as broad as it was long, and so a square, that the laver might stand firm upon it: and three cubits the height of it; from the ground plates to the surface, that the priests might be able to reach the layers, and wash their sacrifices.
They were curiously adorned and set upon wheels, that the lavers might be removed as there was occasion; but ordinarily they stood in two rows, five on one side of the court and five on the other,
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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He made ten bases - That is, pedestals, for the ten lavers to rest on.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֧עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמְּכֹנ֛וֹת | hamekhonot | the stands | H4350 → | 24 times |
| עֶ֖שֶׂר | ʾeser | ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| נְחֹ֑שֶׁת | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| אַרְבַּ֣ע | ʾarba' | [was] four | H702 → | 318 times |
| בָּאַמָּ֗ה | baamah | by the cubit | H520 → | 247 times |
| אֹ֚רֶךְ | ʾorekh | [the] length of | H753 → | 95 times |
| הַמְּכוֹנָ֣ה | hamekhonah | the stand | H4350 → | 24 times |
| הָֽאֶחָ֔ת | haechat | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וְאַרְבַּ֤ע | vearba' | and [was] four | H702 → | 318 times |
| בָּֽאַמָּה֙ | baamah | by the cubit | H520 → | 247 times |
| רָחְבָּ֔הּ | rachebah | breadth its | H7341 → | 101 times |
| וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ | veshalosh | and [was] three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| בָּאַמָּ֖ה | baamah | by the cubit | H520 → | 247 times |
| קוֹמָתָֽהּ׃ | komatah | height its | H6967 → | 45 times |
וַיַּ֧עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמְּכֹנ֛וֹתthe stands
hamekhonotH4350 →24 times
עֶ֖שֶׂרten
ʾeserH6235 →176 times
נְחֹ֑שֶׁתbronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
אַרְבַּ֣ע[was] four
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
בָּאַמָּ֗הby the cubit
baamahH520 →247 times
אֹ֚רֶךְ[the] length of
ʾorekhH753 →95 times
הַמְּכוֹנָ֣הthe stand
hamekhonahH4350 →24 times
הָֽאֶחָ֔ת<the> one
haechatH259 →971 times
וְאַרְבַּ֤עand [was] four
vearba'H702 →318 times
בָּֽאַמָּה֙by the cubit
baamahH520 →247 times
רָחְבָּ֔הּbreadth its
rachebahH7341 →101 times
וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁand [was] three
veshaloshH7969 →432 times
בָּאַמָּ֖הby the cubit
baamahH520 →247 times
קוֹמָתָֽהּ׃height its
komatahH6967 →45 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
2 Kings 25:13Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:18
who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 20:17
The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- Lamentations 1:10
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
- Jeremiah 52:17–20
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
- 1 Kings 7:15
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
- 2 Chronicles 36:18
Through
Jeremiah 52:20As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:47
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 7:47
Through
Jeremiah 52:17Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 27:19–22
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
- Jeremiah 27:19–22
Through
2 Chronicles 4:14the stands; the basins on the stands;
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:27–43
In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
- 1 Kings 7:27–43
About 1 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 2.20.3; 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); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
