1 Kings 7:23-45
he made Exod 30:18-21, Exod 38:8 a molten sea 2Kgs 25:13; 2Chr 4:2; Jer 52:17, Jer 52:20 the one brim to the other Heb. his brim to his brim knops 1Kgs 6:18; Exod 25:31-36, Exod 37:17-22 compassing the sea 2Chr 4:3 2Chr 4:4-5; Jer 52:20; Ezek 1:10; Matt 28:19; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:47; 1Cor 9:9; Rev 4:6-7 an hand breadth Jer 52:21 with flowers 1Kgs 7:19, 1Kgs 6:18, 1Kgs 6:32, 1Kgs 6:35 it contained This immense laver, called a sea from it magnitude, held, at a moderate computation, 16,000 gallons. Besides this great brazen laver, there were in the temple ten lavers of brass of a less size, which moved on wheels, and were ornamented with the figures of various animals, having, probably, always some relation to the cherubim. These lavers 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 2Chr 4:6; but the brazen sea was for the priests to wash in. The knops are supposed to have been in the form of an ox's head (2Chr 4:3); and some think the water flowed out at their mouths. two thousand 1Kgs 7:38; 2Chr 4:5; Ezek 45:14 ten bases These highly ornamental bases appear to have been square stands, or immense pedestals, for the purpose of supporting the lavers. 2Kgs 25:13, 2Kgs 25:16; 2Chr 4:14; Jer 52:17, Jer 52:20 bases was on It seems evident that these bases or pedestals rose with steps, and that the ornaments mentioned in the next verse appeared in front, forming so many entablatures. But the description of these bases is very difficult to comprehend: many of the original words are seldom, if at all, used elsewhere; and it would be impossible to give an explanation of each particular, without a labour and prolixity disproportioned to its importance to us. 1Kgs 7:28 lions 1Kgs 7:25, 1Kgs 6:27; Ezek 1:10, Ezek 10:14, Ezek 41:18-19; Hos 5:14; Rev 4:6-7, Rev 5:5 cherubims Gen 3:24; Exod 25:18, Exod 37:7; Heb 9:5 certain additions 1Pet 2:5 wheels Ezek 1:15-21, Ezek 3:13, Ezek 10:10-13 had undersetters It is probable that these undersetters were so many strong legs, somewhat shorter than the wheels, and were intended to prevent the laver from tilting, or falling, in case of any accident. joined to the base Heb. in the base, 1Kgs 7:32 Ezek 1:16, Ezek 1:18 graved cherubims 1Kgs 7:29, 1Kgs 6:29, 1Kgs 6:32, 1Kgs 6:35; Ezek 40:31, Ezek 40:37, Ezek 41:18-20, Ezek 41:25-26 proportion Heb. nakedness ten lavers Exod 30:17-21, Exod 30:28, Exod 38:8, Exod 40:11-12; 2Chr 4:6-22; Zech 13:1; Heb 9:10; Heb 10:22; 1John 1:7; Rev 7:14 side Heb. shoulder he set 2Chr 4:6, 2Chr 4:10 Hiram Heb. Hirom, 1Kgs 7:13 the lavers 1Kgs 7:28; 2Kgs 25:14-15; 2Chr 4:8, 2Chr 4:11-16; Jer 52:18-19 the shovels 1Kgs 7:45 the basins Exod 24:6 So Hiram Exod 39:32-43 two pillars 1Kgs 7:15-22; 2Chr 4:12 two networks 1Kgs 7:17-18 the pillars Heb. the face of the pillars, 1Kgs 7:42 ten bases 1Kgs 7:27-39 one sea 1Kgs 7:23-26 the pots Exod 27:3, Exod 38:3; Lev 8:31; 1Sam 2:13-14; 2Chr 4:16; Ezek 46:20-24; Zech 14:21 bright brass Heb. brass made bright, or scoured
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