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Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 7:37

Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 7:37

After this [manner] he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, [and] one size.

37. one size ] Better, ‘one form.’ See on 1Ki 6:25.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

After this manner he made the ten bases,…. This was the form and fashion of them as above described:

all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size; they were all cast into the same mould, and were exactly alike in their form, figures, and size, and each weighed 2000 talents, and the weight of a talent was ninety three pounds and upwards, according to Jacob Leon b.

b Relation of Memorable Things in the Temple, c. 4. p. 21.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

37. One casting They were all ten cast in one mould, so as necessarily to be of one measure, and one size or shape.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1Ki 7:37 After this [manner] he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, [and] one size.

Ver. 37. All of them had one casting. ] To teach uniformity about the things of God. It is a sweet thing when “with one mind and one mouth God is glorified” as “the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” Rom 15:6 and men’s prayers come before him “as the sound of many waters.”

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)