1 Kings 7:28
in 1 Kings 7This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
KJV
And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
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This verse in 1 Kings 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Borders - Rather, “panels” (so 1Ki 7:32, 1Ki 7:35), a set of square compartments between the “ledges” or borders, or mouldings. Below the panelling, with its ornamentation of lions, oxen (the two animal forms which occur most frequently in Assyrian decoration), and cherubim, was a space decorated with “additions of thin work” 1Ki 7:29. Upon the “ledges” 1Ki 7:29 which surrounded the top of the base there was a stand for the laver, distinct from the upper surface of the base.
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
Hence the surface of the bases was not level at any point, but whichever side one turned, it was carved with mystical figures because the minds of the saints, indeed their whole way of life, displays the charm of the virtues in everything, and not …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the work of the bases was on this manner,.... The following was the form in which they were made: they had borders; plates of brass all around them, which enclosed them: and the borders were between the ledges; which were short staves or bars of brass, that stood upright all around, like the staves of a cart on each side, or the rails of a balcony, only in double rows; and between these were the borders or plates of brass.
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
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֶ֛ה | vezeh | and this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה | maaseh | [was] [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| הַמְּכוֹנָ֖ה | hamekhonah | the stand | H4350 → | 24 times |
| מִסְגְּרֹ֣ת | misgerot | rims | H4526 → | 17 times |
| לָהֶ֑ם | lahem | [belonged] to <the> them | ||
| וּמִסְגְּרֹ֖ת | umisgerot | and rims | H4526 → | 17 times |
| בֵּ֥ין | bein | [were] between | H996 → | 407 times |
| הַשְׁלַבִּֽים׃ | hashlabim | the cross bars | H7948 → | 3 times |
וְזֶ֛הand this
vezehH2088 →1180 times
מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה[was] [the] work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
הַמְּכוֹנָ֖הthe stand
hamekhonahH4350 →24 times
מִסְגְּרֹ֣תrims
misgerotH4526 →17 times
לָהֶ֑ם[belonged] to <the> them
lahem
וּמִסְגְּרֹ֖תand rims
umisgerotH4526 →17 times
בֵּ֥ין[were] between
beinH996 →407 times
הַשְׁלַבִּֽים׃the cross bars
hashlabimH7948 →3 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 2.20.5; 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.