1 Kings 7:38

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36 On the plates of its flanges and on its panels he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was a clear space on each, with wreaths all around.

37 Thus he made the ten carts. All of them were of¹ the same mold, one measure, and one shape.

38 Then ^ahe made ten lavers of bronze; each laver contained¹ forty baths, and each laver was four cubits. On each of the ten carts was a laver.

39 And he put five carts on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the Sea on the right side of the house, toward the southeast.

Furnishings of the Temple

40 ^aHuram made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of the Lord:

41 the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two ^anetworks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars;

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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1 Kings 7:38

Then made he ten lavers - These were set on the ten bases or pedestals, and were to hold water for the use of the priests in their sacred office, particularly to wash the victims that were to be offered as a burnt-offering, as we learn from II Chronicles 4:6; but the brazen sea was for the priests to wash in. The whole was a building of vast art, labor, and expense.

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