1 Kings 7
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1 Kings 7:27-37

27In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.1

28This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights, 29and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.

30Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side. 31The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep,2 with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide.3 And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.

32There were four wheels under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand; each wheel was a cubit and a half in diameter. 33The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.

34Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand. 35At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high.4 The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.

36He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around. 37In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.

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  1. 1. 1 Kings 7:27 The stands were approximately 6 feet in length and width, and 4.5 feet high (1.8 meters in length and width, and 1.4 meters high). ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 7:31 One cubit is approximately 18 inches or 45.7 centimeters. ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 7:31 A cubit and a half is approximately 2.25 feet or 68.6 centimeters wide; similarly in verse 32. ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 7:35 Half a cubit is approximately 9 inches or 22.9 centimeters high. ↩

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