English Standard Version
1 Kings 7:24
24Under its brim were gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.
1 Kings 7:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Below its brim were ornamental buds encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The ornamental buds were cast in two rows when it was cast.
- New Living Translation (NLT)It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.
Context of 1 Kings 7:24
22And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished. 23Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. Under its brim were gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. 25It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. 26Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
Read all of 1 Kings 71 Kings 7:24 word by word
וּפְקָעִים֩ מִתַּ֨חַת לִשְׂפָת֤וֹ׀ סָבִיב֙ סֹבְבִ֣ים אֹת֔וֹ עֶ֚שֶׂר בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה מַקִּפִ֥ים אֶת־הַיָּ֖ם סָבִ֑יב שְׁנֵ֤י טוּרִים֙ הַפְּקָעִ֔ים יְצֻקִ֖ים בִּיצֻקָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And under the brimשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: edgeH8193
- of it round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- knopsפֶּקָעִיםpeqa‛ · gourdH6497
- compassingסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
- it, tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
- in a cubitאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
- compassingנָקַףnâqaph · to surroundH5362
- the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
- castיְצֻקָהyetsûqâh · castingH3333
- in twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- rowsטוּרţûr · rowH2905
- when it was castיָצַקyâtsaq · to pour: cast metalH3332
Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:24
- 1 Kings 6:18The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.
- Exodus 25:31"You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
- Exodus 37:17He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3Under it were figures of gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Knops - literally, “gourds,” - i. e. a boss or ball ornament encircled the rim of the bowl in two rows.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-47Verses 13-47 The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. "Jachin," God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. "Boaz," In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of God's temple, where we must…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-26The large bronze basin, known as the Sea, replaced the smaller bronze washbasin used in the tabernacle (see Exodus 30:17–21). The Sea was made as one solid piece, except for the twelve bronze oxen it rested on. These oxen faced in four directions, three per direction, possibly symbolizing the priests' service to all twelve tribes of Israel. Later, Ahaz replaced the oxen with a stone base (2 Kings 16:17). Like the earlier washbasin, priests used the Sea…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2623-26. he made a molten sea--In the tabernacle was no such vessel; the laver served the double purpose of washing the hands and feet of the priests as well as the parts of the sacrifices. But in the temple there were separate vessels provided for these offices. (See on 2Ch 4:6). The molten sea was an immense semicircular vase, measuring seventeen and a half feet in diameter, and being eight and three-fourths feet in depth. This, at three and a half inches…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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