Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
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Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
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And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
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And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about; the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 7:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 6:18 There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- Exodus 25:31-36 “You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side; three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand; and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers; and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lamp stand. Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.
- Exodus 37:17-22 He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were of one piece with it. There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side: three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower; so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand. In the lamp stand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers; and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it. Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole thing was one beaten work of pure gold.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 7:24 And under the brim of it round…
1Ki 7:24 And under the brim of it round about [there were] knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops [were] cast in two rows, when it was cast.
Ver. 24. Ten in a cubit.] Three hundred knops under the lily work, on the brim of the sea. {2Ch 4:3}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Knops; or, carved or molten figures; for learned Hebricians…
Knops; or, carved or molten figures; for learned Hebricians note, that this word signifies the figures or pictures of all sorts, as flowers, beasts, &c. This general word is particularly explained of oxen, 2Ch 4:3, unless there were so many figures, or sculptures of gourds, or other flowers; and in each of these a little ox’s head.
Ten in a cubit; so there were three hundred in all.
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The knops were cast together with the sea, not carved.
In two rows: it seems doubtful whether the second row had ten in each cubit, and so there were three hundred more; or whether the ten were distributed into five in each row.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain It stood upon twelve oxen,.... Figures of them in…
It stood upon twelve oxen,.... Figures of them in brass, of full proportion:
three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and so turned to the four quarters of the world:
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and the sea was set above upon them; as it were on the backs of them, and their mouths served as spouts or cocks, to let water out of it on all sides:
and all their hinder parts were inward; that they might not be seen, and which met in a centre; they that were north came against those that were south, and they in the east met with those to the west. The brass of the sea, according to Jacob Leon (r), weighed 1,800 arobas, and, with twelve oxen under, 33,500; each aroba being twenty five pounds weight.
(r) Relation of Memorable Things in the Temple, ch. 4. p. 21.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Knops - Carved or molten figures: for this word…
Knops - Carved or molten figures: for this word signifies figures or pictures of all sorts. Ten, &c. - So there were three hundred in all. Cast - Together with the sea; not carved. Two rows - It seems doubtful whether the second row had ten in each cubit, and so there were three hundred more; or, whether the ten were distributed into five in each row.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 7:24. There were knops compassing it — Molten…
1Ki 7:24. There were knops compassing it — Molten figures: for the word
פקעים, pekagnim, signifies pictures or figures of all sorts, as gourds, flowers, beasts, &c. — Ten in a cubit — So there were three hundred of these knops in all, the sea being thirty cubits round. The knops were cast in two rows when it was cast — They were not carved afterward, but cast at first when the sea was molten. And, there being two rows of them, Abarbinel thence concludes there were six hundred in all, one under another.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Knops - literally, “gourds,” - i. e. a boss…
Knops - literally, “gourds,” - i. e. a boss or ball ornament encircled the rim of the bowl in two rows.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Ten cubits. All was not therefore ornamented. Protestants, "there…
Ten cubits. All was not therefore ornamented. Protestants, "there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit....the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast." (Haydock) --- The signification of Pekehim is not ascertained, whether it be "apples, balls," &c., or perhaps a corrupt word for Bokrim, "oxen," or "ox heads;" as 2 Paralipomenon (iv. 3,) clearly explains it. (Calmet) --- There also it is insinuated, that the carvings commenced only towards the bottom, where the circumference was reduced to 10 cubits. (Menochius)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 24. Knops… in two rows — Egg-shaped representations of…
24. Knops… in two rows — Egg-shaped representations of the wild gourd or cucumber, as in 1Ki_6:18, compassing the laver in a double row at the upper part.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. knops] The word is that which occurs in…
24. knops] The word is that which occurs in 1Ki_6:18, and the knops were probably of a gourd-shape. See note there. The description in 2 Chronicles (1Ki_4:3) says that oxen and not knops were the ornaments.
ten in a cubit] This would make the number of knops to be 300. But the R.V. renders for ten cubits. And so the words are rendered in 1Ki_6:26. But the A. V. must give the true sense. Otherwise why is it said that the sea was encompassed by these knops?
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when it was cast] i.e. They were of the same piece with the whole rim, and not attached afterwards like some of the ornaments of the pillars.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And under the brim of it round about The…
And under the brim of it round about The edge of the laver was curved outwards (ver. 26) there were knops see note on 1Ki_6:18. The text of 2Ch_4:3, ("the similitude of oxen), is obviously a clerical error for (Keil), hut whether twmd is an interpolation may well be doubted. Keil thinks it was introduced to explain the mention of oxen compassing Heb. surrounding, some word it, ten in a cubit It does not follow from this that each gourd or knop was "a little over two inches in diameter" (Keil), for they may not have been in close contact, and, moreover the cubit was probably 18 inches, compassing the sea round about: the mops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. Lit., two rows; the knops were cast in its casting. The "brass," of which the laver was composed, had been taken by David from the cities of Hadarezer (1Ch_18:8; 1Sa_8:8, 1Sa_8:10)
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