1 Kings 7:39

Huram placed five of the carts on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put the big tank at the southeast corner.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.

In Context

38Huram also made ten bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and held 200 gallons of water.

40Huram also made pots, shovels for carrying ashes, and bowls for carrying the blood of the animals that would be sacrificed. He completed all the work that King Solomon requested him to do for the temple. This is a list of the bronze things he made:

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 4:6They also made ten basins for washing the animals that were to be sacrificed. The priests used the very large tank for washing themselves.

2 Chronicles 4:10They placed the very large tank on the south side of the temple, at the southeast corner.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:14-48

13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars:… Read the whole commentary →

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