John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 7:24

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, etc.] Of an oval form, and therefore the Targum calls them figures of eggs; in (<140403>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, (<120439>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 round about it; and as the circumference was thirty cubits, there must be three hundred of these in the circuit: the knops were cast in two rows when it was cast; for these were cast together with the sea, and being in two rows, there must be in all six hundred of them.

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