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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:22

And upon the top of the pillars was lily work ,.... Which seems to be repeated from 1 Kings 7:19 and confirms that: and so was the work of the pillars finished ; in the manner described. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:23

And he made a molten sea ,.... A large vessel made of molten brass, which, because of the great quantity of water it held, is called a sea; as it was usual with the Jews to call a large collection of waters a sea, as the sea of Tiberius and Galilee. This was made by the man of Tyre, as the pillars, by the order of Solomon, and answered to the brasen laver in the tabernacle, only larger than that; and was not only for the priests to wash their hands and feet in, but to dip upon occasion, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:24

And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it ,.... Of an oval form, and therefore the Targum calls them figures of eggs; in 2 Chronicles 4:3 they are said to have the similitude of oxen, being like the heads of oxen, and the other parts oval; or these were in the form of gourds, as sometimes the word is rendered, 2 Kings 4:39 which had on them the figures of the heads of oxen, and might serve as cocks to let out the water: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:25

It stood upon twelve oxen ,.... Figures of them in brass, of full proportion: three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east ; and so turned to the four quarters of the world: and the sea was set above upon them ; as it were on the backs of them, and their mouths served as spouts or cocks, to let water out of it on all sides: and all their hinder parts were inward ; that they might not be... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:26

And it was an hand breadth thick ,.... Or four fingers, as in Jeremiah 52:21 . and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup , with flowers of lilies , embroidered and engraven on it for ornament sake: it contained 2,000 baths ; which is reckoned about five hundred barrels of water; it was filled by the Gibeonites; in 2 Chronicles 4:5 , it is said to receive and hold 3,000 baths, which the Jewish writers F19 Shilte Hagibborim, c. 27. fol. 23. 4. thus... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:27

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. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:28

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. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:29

And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims ,.... The figures of them, for ornament sake; the cherubim, being distinguished from lions and oxen might be figures of men, or else of eagles, as Josephus F25 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 8. c. 3. sect. 5.) , see Ezekiel 1:10 . and upon the ledges there was a base above ; a flat piece of brass laid upon the top of the staves or bars: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:30

And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass ,.... Flat pieces or planks of brass, on which the wheels stood, and not on the bare floor; so that these wheels seem only to serve as supporters, not to carry the laver from place to place, as is usually said; for they were not like chariot wheels, on two sides of the carriage, but set one at each square; and besides, when the lavers were placed upon them, they were fixed in a certain place, 1 Kings 7:39 . and the four corners... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:31

And the mouth of it within the chapiter, and above, was a cubit ,.... On the lid of the base rose up a lesser base, called the chapiter, which was circular, like a coronet, as the word signifies, the inside of which was hollow, for the lower part of the layer to rest in; this ascended straight up half a cubit, and then widening, went up half a cubit more, and so in its whole height, as here a cubit; the circuit or circumference of which is called the mouth of the base, into which the feet of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:31

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