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1 Kings 7:35

And at the top of the base there was a round vessel, half a cubit high;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Art;   Brass;   Carving;   Chapiter;   Hiram;   Master Workman;   Mechanic;   Temple;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Laver;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Laver;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Bronze;   Copper;   Frame;   Hiram;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hiram;   Israel;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Laver;   Pillar;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahaz;   Cherubim (1);   Laver;   Ledge;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At the top of the cart was a band nine inches high encircling it; also, at the top of the cart, its braces and its frames were one piece with it.
Hebrew Names Version
In the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays of it and the panels of it were of the same.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it.
New Century Version
A strip of bronze around the top of each stand was nine inches deep. It was also made as one piece with the stand.
New English Translation
On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.
Amplified Bible
On the top of the stand there was a circular piece half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its supports and borders were part of it.
New American Standard Bible
And on the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the toppe of the base was a rounde compasse of halfe a cubite hie round about: & vpon the toppe of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
Legacy Standard Bible
And on the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it.
Complete Jewish Bible
In the top of the trolley was a circular support ten-and-a-half inches high, and the trolley's corner-posts and panels were attached to its top.
Darby Translation
And in the top of the base there was a circular elevation of half a cubit round about; and on the top of the base its stays and its panels were of the same.
Easy-to-Read Version
There was a strip of bronze around the top of each cart. It was made as one piece with the cart.
George Lamsa Translation
The supports and the frame of the base were half a cubit; and on the top of the base there was a rim; and the top of the base, its axletrees, and its borders were of the same.
Good News Translation
There was a 9-inch band around the top of each cart; its supports and the panels were of one piece with the cart.
Lexham English Bible
On top of the stand was half a cubit deep, circular all around, and on the top of the stand were its supports and its frames.
Literal Translation
And in the top of the base was a round compass of half a cubit high. And on the top of the base its sides and its borders were from it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And on the soket aboue vpon the seate a cubyte and an halfe rounde aboute, there were ledges and sydes harde on the seate.
American Standard Version
And in the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the height of the bottome was there a rounde compasse of halfe a cubite hie: and in that height of the bottome there proceeded both ledges and sydes out of the same.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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 stays thereof and the borders thereof were of one piece therewith.
King James Version (1611)
And in the top of the base was there a round compasse of halfe a cubite high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof, and the borders thereof were of the same.
English Revised Version
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 stays thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
Berean Standard Bible
At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli in the hiynesse of the foundement was sum roundenesse, of o cubite and an half, so maad craftili, that the waischyng vessel myyte be set aboue, hauynge his purtreiyngis, and dyuerse grauyngis of it silf.
Young's Literal Translation
And in the top of the base [is] the half of a cubit in the height all round about; and on the top of the base its spokes and its borders [are] of the same.
Update Bible Version
And in the top of the base there was a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same.
Webster's Bible Translation
And in the top of the base [was there] a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base its ledges and its borders [were] of the same.
World English Bible
In the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays of it and the panels of it were of the same.
New King James Version
On the top of the cart, at the height of half a cubit, it was perfectly round. And on the top of the cart, its flanges and its panels were of the same casting.
New Living Translation
Around the top of each cart was a rim nine inches wide. The corner supports and side panels were cast as one unit with the cart.
New Life Bible
A narrow piece went all the way around the top that held it up and the sides were of one piece.
New Revised Standard
On the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; on the top of the stand, its stays and its borders were of one piece with it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, in the top of the stand, half a cubit in height, was a circular piece round about, - and, on the top of the stand, the tenons thereof, and, the side-walls thereof, were of the same.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And on the top of the base, there was a round compass of half a cubit, so wrought that the laver might be set thereon, having its gravings, and divers sculptures of itself.
Revised Standard Version
And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it.

Contextual Overview

13 Then King Solomon sent and got Hiram from Tyre. 14 He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; he was full of wisdom and knowledge and an expert worker in brass. He came to King Solomon and did all his work for him. 15 He it was who made the two brass pillars; the first pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits went round it; and the second was the same. 16 And he made the two crowns to be put on the tops of the pillars, of brass made soft in the fire; the crowns were five cubits high. 17 There were nets of open-work for the crowns on the tops of the pillars, a net of open-work for one and a net of open-work for the other. 18 And he made ornaments of apples; and two lines of apples all round over the network, covering the crowns of the pillars, the two crowns in the same way. 19 The crowns on the tops of the pillars were ornamented with a design of flowers, and were four cubits across. 20 And there were crowns on the two pillars near the round part by the network, and there were two hundred apples in lines round every crown. 21 He put up the pillars at the doorway of the Temple, naming the one on the right Jachin, and that on the left Boaz. 22 The tops of the pillars had a design of flowers; and the work of making the pillars was complete.

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Gill's Notes on the 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, 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.

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 “hands” and its “panels.” These “hands,” distinct from the “shoulders” 1 Kings 7:30, were probably supports, adorned with engraved plates 1 Kings 7:36, either of the elevated circle on which the laver stood, or of the lower part of the laver itself. Both panels and “hands” were “of the same,” i. e. of one piece with the base, cast at the same time.


 
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