The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
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The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
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And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
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And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders; and there were borders between the stays;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 7:28 And the work of the bases [was]…
1Ki 7:28 And the work of the bases [was] on this [manner]: they had borders, and the borders [were] between the ledges:
Ver. 28. They had borders.] Around the vessel, like panes of wainscotting; whereon were engraven lions, oxen, and cherubims; to teach the priests courage, painfulness, and prudence.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They had borders; broad brims, possibly for the more…
They had borders; broad brims, possibly for the more secure holding of the lavers.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And on the borders that were between the ledges…
And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims,.... The figures of them, for ornament sake; the cherubim, being distinguished from lions and oxen might be figures of men, or else of eagles, as Josephus (y), see Eze 1:10.
and upon the ledges there was a base above; a flat piece of brass laid upon the top of the staves or bars:
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and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work; these, according to Dr. Lightfoot (z), whom I chiefly follow in this account, were shelving plates of brass at the bottom of the borders and bars, where the priests washed the sacrifice; the filth of which ran off the easier, through the angle of them.
(y) Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 8. c. 3. sect. 5.) (z) Prospect of the Temple, ch. 38. sect. 2.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Borders - Broad brims, possibly for the more secure…
Borders - Broad brims, possibly for the more secure holding of the lavers.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Borders - Rather, “panels” (so 1Ki 7:32, 1Ki 7:35),…
Borders - Rather, “panels” (so 1Ki 7:32, 1Ki 7:35), a set of square compartments between the “ledges” or borders, or mouldings. Below the panelling, with its ornamentation of lions, oxen (the two animal forms which occur most frequently in Assyrian decoration), and cherubim, was a space decorated with “additions of thin work” 1Ki 7:29.
Upon the “ledges” 1Ki 7:29 which surrounded the top of the base there was a stand for the laver, distinct from the upper surface of the base.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And. Hebrew is very obscure in this and the…
And. Hebrew is very obscure in this and the following verse. Indeed interpreters are so little agreed about the precise signification of some of the terms, that it is not necessary to repeat their sentiments.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 28. They had borders — מסגרות, inclosed panels. (a…
28. They had borders — מסגרות, inclosed panels. (a a a in figure.)
Between the ledges — שׁלבים, joints; fastening places. The corner pieces which joined upon and fastened the panels. (b b in figure.)
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. they had borders] From the description in the…
28. they had borders] From the description in the next verse, the word, which in its literal sense would apply to any surrounding or enclosure, must mean the side of the base, on which the figures mentioned in 29 were carved or cast. So that the panels of the R.V. (marg.) would be the most correct rendering. And so in 1Ki_7:31-32; 1Ki_7:35-36.
between the ledges] These seem to have been the perpendicular shafts, at the four corners of each base, which would be raised so as to form two sides of the framework enclosing the panels. A more strictly literal rendering of the final words would be ‘even borders between the ledges.’
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the work of the bases was on this…
And the work of the bases was on this manner Heb. and this the work of the base: they had borders troGsmi (from rgs, clausit) means strictly enclosings, i.e., sides, forming the stand. They were panels, because of the borders or ledges mentioned presently, but this was the accident of their construction. The translation "border" gives a totally wrong impression, and the borders were between the ledges Heb. the sides were between the borders, i.e., were enclosed by ledges or frames.
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