John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 7:36

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, etc.] In this, and the preceding verse, a different word is used, translated “ledges”, from that in (<110728>1 Kings 7:28,29), the Targum renders it axle trees; as if the axle trees of the wheels, and the borders, circumferences, and rings of them, were meant, in which were the following engravings: it literally signifies hands or handles; and Procopius Gazaeus says, that the bases had, in the upper part of them, forms of hands holding a circle like a crown: he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of everyone; these figures were made as large as the plates of the ledges, and the borders, would allow room for: and the addition round about; which were sloping shelves of brass around the base, (<110729>1 Kings 7:29) these were ornamented in like manner.

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