1 Kings 7:43
in 1 Kings 7the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;
KJV
And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
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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.
This site's exposition
The two pillars, and the two bowls
on 1 Kings 7:41-47
The full brass inventory is recited and then given its foundry: cast in the clay ground of the Jordan plain between Succoth and Zarthan, where the earth itself served for molds. The closing line is the section's one flourish, Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. A book that counts cubits all chapter ends the brasswork by declaring it beyond counting.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמְּכֹנ֖וֹת | hamekhonot | the stands | H4350 → | 24 times |
| עָ֑שֶׂר | ʾaser | ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכִּיֹּרֹ֥ת | hakiyorot | the lavers | H3595 → | 23 times |
| עֲשָׂרָ֖ה | ʾasarah | ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃ | hamekhonot | the stands | H4350 → | 24 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמְּכֹנ֖וֹתthe stands
hamekhonotH4350 →24 times
עָ֑שֶׂרten
ʾaserH6235 →176 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַכִּיֹּרֹ֥תthe lavers
hakiyorotH3595 →23 times
עֲשָׂרָ֖הten
ʾasarahH6235 →176 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃the stands
hamekhonotH4350 →24 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Keil, The Books of the Kings.