1 Kings 7:44
in 1 Kings 7the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;
KJV
And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
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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
9 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 |
| הַיָּ֖ם | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| הָאֶחָ֑ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבָּקָ֥ר | habakar | the ox[en] | H1241 → | 183 times |
| שְׁנֵים־ | sheneim- | two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| תַּ֥חַת | tachat | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הַיָּֽם׃ | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַיָּ֖םthe sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
הָאֶחָ֑ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַבָּקָ֥רthe ox[en]
habakarH1241 →183 times
שְׁנֵים־two [plus]
sheneim-H8147 →768 times
עָשָׂ֖רten
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
תַּ֥חַתunder
tachatH8478 →505 times
הַיָּֽם׃the sea
haiyamH3220 →396 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
1 Kings 7:25The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 52:20
As 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 4:4–5
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
- Luke 24:47
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 1:10
The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side,…
- Jeremiah 52:20
Through
1 Kings 7:23He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 25:13
Moreover, 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.
- 2 Chronicles 4:2
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
- Jeremiah 52:17
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 Chronicles 18:8
And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
- 2 Kings 25:13
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.