1 Kings 7:35 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. ”

• 1 Kings 7:35 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A round compass - A circular elevation, half a cubit high, rather than a circular depression, half a cubit deep. Compare 1 Kings 7:29 . The “ledges” and “borders” of the top of the base were its...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And in the top of the base [was there] a round (v) compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same. (v) Which was called the pi...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  1 Kings 7. Solomon's Palace (1 Kings 1-12). The Temple Implements (1Kings 13- 51). Twenty years ( cf. 1 Kings 9:10 with 1 Kings 7:1 ) was Solomon engaged in building. After completing the Templ...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Solomon's Palace This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple.

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (13-50) The exceedingly graphic and elaborate description of the work of Hiram on the vessels and furniture of the Temple, and on the great pillars, bears on the very face of it the most evident mark...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 "And his next son, for wealth and wisdom famed, The clouded Ark of God, till then in tents Wan...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Taking advantage of the treaty with Hiram, Solomon also built a house for himself, the house of the forest of Lebanon, a description of which is given in the commencement of this chapter. It is sure...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (27) And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. (28) And the work of the bases was on this manner:...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high ,.... The same with the chapiter, 1 Kings 7:31 which rose up straight half a cubit, and widening upwards half a cubit more...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And in the top of the base [was there] a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same. Ver. 35. Was there a round co...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Were all molten Cast together with the bases. The undersetters were of the very base Not only of the same matter, but of the same piece, being cast with it. According to the proportion of every...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THREE MORE HOUSES (vs.1-12) Only one verse speaks of Solomon's own house, which took 13 years to build. However, the order of that house is seen in chapter 10:4-5. This is typical of the Church...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.   14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wis...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Furnishing And Embellishment Of The Temple ( 1 Kings 7:13-51 ). The passage is divided into two parts. The first part emphasises that what is described was the work of Hiram, a skilled metalwo...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 7:13 . Fetched Hiram out of Tyre —He seems to have been eminent among the artists in metals for which Tyre and Phœnicia were then renowned. This man (of...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Kings 7:1 . Solomon was thirteen years in building his own palace in Jerusalem, because fewer workmen were employed, many of whom were still engaged on the exterior parts of the temple. 1 King...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S PALACES AND THE PREPARATION OF THE TEMPLE VESSELS .—The first twelve verses of this chapter constitute a break in the long account of the Temple, its furnit...

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• 1 Kings 7:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Metal Appointment Of The Temple

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