1 Kings 7:24

And under the brim of it round about [The edge of the laver was curved outwards ( 1 Kings 7:26 )] there were knops [see note on 1 Kings 6:18 . The text of 2 Chronicles 4:3 , בקרים ("the similitude of oxen" ) , is obviously a clerical error for פקעים (Keil), hut whether דמות is an interpolation may well be doubted. Keil thinks it was introduced to explain the mention of oxen] compassing [Heb. surrounding, some word] it, ten in a cubit [It does not follow from this that each gourd or knop was "a little over two inches in diameter " (Keil), for they may not have been in close contact, and, moreover the cubit was probably 18 inches], compassing the sea round about : the ] mops were cast in two rows, when it was cast . [Lit; two rows; the knops were cast in its casting. The "brass," of which the laver was composed, had been taken by David from the cities of Hadarezer ( 1 Chronicles 18:8 ; 1 Samuel 8:8 , LXX .)]