There were four supports at the four corners of each base. Its supports were of the base itself.
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There were four supports at the four corners of each base. Its supports were of the base itself.
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And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
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And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base; the undersetters thereof were of one piece with the base itself.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 7:34 And [there were] four undersetters to the…
1Ki 7:34 And [there were] four undersetters to the four corners of one base: [and] the undersetters [were] of the very base itself.
Ver. 34. And there were four undersetters.] Heb., Shoulders, sc., to uphold the vessel.
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 Not only of the same matter, but of the…
Not only of the same matter, but of the same piece, being cast with it.
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 in the top of the base was there…
And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high,.... The same with the chapiter, Kg1 7:31 which rose up straight half a cubit, and widening upwards half a cubit more, here called the round compass of it:
and on the top of the base, the ledges thereof and the borders thereof, were of the same; of the same piece of brass with the base, all being cast together.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Of the base - Not only of the same…
Of the base - Not only of the same matter, but of the same piece, being cast with it.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The undersetters were cast with the base, not afterward…
The undersetters were cast with the base, not afterward attached to it, and were therefore stronger and better able to support the laver.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 34. Of the very base itself — Cast so…
34. Of the very base itself — Cast so as to be one solid piece with the base, and not joined to it by pins or nails.
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 34. And there were four undersetters to, &c.] Literally,…
34. And there were four undersetters to, &c.] Literally, ‘shoulders at &c.’ The mention of these ‘shoulder-pieces’ again immediately after the wheel seems, if we may rely on the correct order of the text, to shew that they belonged to the wheel-work.
of one base] That is, of each one.
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of the very base itself] The ‘very’ is surplusage. Literally, it is ‘from (i.e. of) the base were its shoulders,’ i.e. they were of one piece with it.
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 there were four under setters it seems probable…
And there were four under setters it seems probable that this is not a repetition of ver. 30 (Rawlinson), but that the reference is to the upper part (cf. ver. 35) of the shoulder pieces, which, according to Keil"s view, supported the laver to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. Heb. from the base, its shoulders. Whether these words mean that the shoulders projected from the base, that "they rose above the corners with a slight curve" (Keil), or that they were cast with the base, i.e., from the same mould, as in the next verse, it is impossible to say.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 There were four handles at the four corners of…
There were four handles at the four corners of each stand
"There was a handle at each of the four corners of each stand"
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half a cubit deep
A cubit was 46 centimeters. AT: "twenty-three centimeters wide" (See: Biblical Distance)
on the top of the stand its supports and panels were attached
This can be stated in active form. AT: "Huram attached the supports and panels to the top of each stand" (See: Active or Passive)
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