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1 Kings 7:37

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Kings 7:37 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.
1 Kings 7:37 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Kings 7

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
34And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base: the undersetters thereof were of the base itself.
35And in the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same.
36And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the panels thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.
37After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.
38And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon very one of the ten bases one laver.
39And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
40And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of Jehovah:
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“After this manner he made the ten bases, etc.] This was the form and fashion of them as above described: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size; they were all cast into the same mould, and were exactly alike in their form, figures, and size, and each weighed 2000 talents, and the weight of a talent was ninety three pounds and upwards, according to Jacob Leon f127.”
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