Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 7:40
And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:
40 51. Summary of Hiram’s work. Completion of the Temple (2Ch 4:11-22; 2Ch 5:1)
40. And Hiram made the lavers ] Many ancient authorities (see R.V. marg.) read pots instead of ‘lavers,’ and this is given in 2Ch 4:11. The difference is so slight between = lavers, and = pots, that we need not be surprised at the variation in different mss.
that he made king Solomon ] R.V. reads, with the same sense, ‘that he wrought for king Solomon.’ Perhaps it reads a little more easily. In some mss. and Versions the reading is ‘that king Solomon made,’ just as in 1Ki 7:51 below, where the same phrase is used of the whole work.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Lavers – Rather, according to the true reading, pots. (Compare 1Ki 7:45; 2Ch 4:16.) The pots were the caldrons in which it was usual to boil the peace-offerings. See 1Sa 2:13-14,
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 40. So Hiram made an end] It is truly surprising, that in so short a time one artist could design and execute works of such magnitude, taste, and variety, however numerous his assistants might be. The mere building of the house was a matter of little difficulty in comparison of these internal works.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
40-45. And Hiram made the lavers,and the shovels, and the basinsThese verses contain a generalenumeration of Hiram’s works, as well as those already mentioned asother minor things. The Tyrian artists are frequently mentioned byancient authors as skilful artificers in fashioning and embossingmetal cups and bowls; and we need not wonder, therefore, to find thememployed by Solomon in making the golden and brazen utensils for histemple and palaces.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins,…. The lavers are not the ten before mentioned, of the make of which an account is before given; but these, according to Jarchi and Ben Gersom, are the same with the pots, 1Ki 7:45 and so they are called in 2Ch 4:11 the use of which, as they say, was to put the ashes of the altar into; as the “shovels”, next mentioned, were a sort of besoms to sweep them off, and the “basins” were to receive the blood of the sacrifices, and sprinkle it; no mention is here made of the altar of brass he made, but is in 2Ch 4:11, nor of the fleshhooks to take the flesh out of the pots, as in 2Ch 4:16,
so Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made King Solomon for the house of the Lord; what he undertook, and was employed in, he finished, which were all works of brass; of which a recapitulation is made in the following verses to the end of the forty fifth, where they are said to be made of “bright brass”, free of all dross and rust; “good”, as the Targum, even the best brass they were made of; the brass David took from Hadarezer, 1Ch 18:8 which Josephus g too much magnifies, when he says it was better than gold.
g Antiqu. l. 7. c. 5. sect. 3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Summary enumeration of the other vessels of the temple. – In 1Ki 7:40 the brazen vessels of the court are given. In 1Ki 7:41-47 the several portions of the brazen pillars, the stands and basins, the brazen sea and the smaller vessels of brass, are mentioned once more, together with notices of the nature, casting, and quantity of the metal used for making them. An din 1Ki 7:48-50 we have the golden vessels of the Holy Place. This section agrees almost word for word with 2 Chron 4:11-5:1, where, moreover, not only is the arrangement observed in the previous description of the temple-building a different one, but the making of the brazen altar of burnt-offering, of the golden candlesticks, and of the table of shew-bread, and the arrangement of the great court (2Ch 4:7-9) are also described, to which there is no allusion whatever in the account before us; so that these notices in the Chronicles fill up an actual gap in the description of the building of the temple which is given here.
1Ki 7:40 The smaller brazen vessels. – Hiram made the pots, shovels, and bowls. is a slip of the pen for , pots, as we may see by comparing it with 1Ki 7:45 and the parallel passages 2Ch 4:11 and 2Ki 25:14. The pots were used for carrying away the ashes; , the shovels, for clearing the ashes from the altar; were the bowls used for catching the blood, when the sacrificial animals were slaughtered: compare Exo 27:3 and Num 4:14, where forks and fire-basins or coal-pans are also mentioned.
1Ki 7:40 introduces the recapitulation of all the vessels made by Hiram. , in the house of the Lord (cf. Ewald, 300, b.); in 2Ch 4:11 more clearly, ; we find it also in 1Ki 7:45, for which we have in 2Ch 4:16 , for the house of Jehovah. The several objects enumerated in 1Ki 7:41-45 are accusatives governed by .
1Ki 7:41-42 1Ki 7:41-44, the brazen pillars with the several portions of their capitals; see at 1Ki 7:15-22. The inappropriate expression (upon the face of the pillars) in 1Ki 7:42 is probably a mistake for , “upon the two pillars,” for it could not properly be said of the capitals that they were upon the surface of the pillars.
1Ki 7:43-45 The ten stands and their basins: see at 1Ki 7:27-37; 1Ki 7:44, the brazen sea: vid., 1Ki 7:23-26; lastly, 1Ki 7:45, the pots, etc., as at 1Ki 7:40. The Chethb is a mistake for ( Keri).
(Note: After the lxx have the interpolation, , which is proved to be apocryphal by the marvellous combination of the king ‘ s house and the house of God, though it is nevertheless regarded by Thenius as genuine, and as an interesting notice respecting certain pillars in the enclosure of the inner court of the temple, and in the king ‘ s palace!)
, of polished brass – accusative of the material governed by .
1Ki 7:46 “In the Jordan valley he cast them – in thickened earth between Succoth and Zarthan,” where the ground, according to Burckhardt, Syr. ii. p. 593, is marly throughout. , “by thickening of the earth,” the forms being made in the ground by stamping together the clayey soil. Succoth was on the other side of the Jordan, – not, however, at the ford near Bethsean (Thenius), but on the south side of the Jabbok (see at Jdg 8:5 and Gen 33:17). Zarthan or Zereda was in the Jordan valley on this side, probably at Kurn Sartabeh (see at Jdg 7:22 and Jos 3:16). The casting-place must have been on this side of the Jordan, as the (eastern) bank on the other side has scarcely any level ground at all. The circumstance that a place on the other side is mentioned in connection with one on this side, may be explained from the fact that the two places were obliquely opposite to one another, and in the valley on this side there was no large place in the neighbourhood above Zarthan which could be appropriately introduced to define the site of the casting-place.
1Ki 7:47 Solomon left all these vessels of excessive number unweighed. does not mean he laid them down (= set them up: Movers), but he let them lie, i.e., unweighed, as the additional clause, “the weight of the brass was not ascertained,” clearly shows. This large quantity of brass, according to 1Ch 18:8, David had taken from the cities of Hadadezer, adding also the brass presented to him by Toi.
1Ki 7:48-49 The golden vessels of the Holy Place (cf. 2Ch 4:19-22). The vessels enumerated here are divided, by the repetition of in 1Ki 7:49, 1Ki 7:50, into two classes, which were made of fine gold; and to this a third class is added in 1Ki 7:50 which was made of gold of inferior purity. As is governed in both instances by as an accusative of the material, the (gold) attached to the separate vessels must be taken as an adjective. “Solomon made all the vessels in the house of Jehovah (i.e., had them made): the golden altar, and the golden table on which was the shew-bread, and the candlesticks … of costly gold ( : see at 1Ki 6:20). The house of Jehovah is indeed here, as in 1Ki 7:40, the temple with its courts, and not merely the Holy Place, or the temple-house in the stricter sense; but it by no means follows from this that , “ all the vessels,” includes both the brazen vessels already enumerated and also the golden vessels mentioned afterwards. A decisive objection to our taking the (all) as referring to those already enumerated as well as those which follow, is to be found in the circumstance that the sentence commencing with is only concluded with in 1Ki 7:49. It is evident from this that is particularized in the several vessels enumerated from onwards. These vessels no doubt belonged to the Holy Place or temple-house only; though this is not involved in the expression “the house of Jehovah,” but is apparent from the context, or from the fact that all the vessels of the court have already been enumerated in 1Ki 7:40-46, and were made of brass, whereas the golden vessels follow here. That there were intended for the Holy Place is assumed as well known from the analogy of the tabernacle. merely affirms that the vessels mentioned afterwards belonged to the house of God, and were not prepared for the palace of Solomon or any other earthly purpose. We cannot infer from the expression “ Solomon made” that the golden vessels were not made by Hiram the artist, as the brazen ones were (Thenius). Solomon is simply named as the builder of the temple, and the introduction of his name was primarily occasioned by 1Ki 7:47. The “golden altar” is the altar of incense in the Holy Place, which is called golden because it was overlaid with gold-plate; for, according to 1Ki 6:20, its sides were covered with cedar wood, after the analogy of the golden altar in the tabernacle (Exo 30:1-5). “And the table, upon which the shew-bread, of gold.” belongs to , to which it stands in free subjection (vid., Ewald, 287, h), signifying “the golden table.” Instead of we have in 2Ch 4:19 (the tables), because there it has already been stated in 2Ch 4:8 that ten tables were made, and put in the Holy Place. In our account that verse is omitted; and hence there is only a notice of the table upon which the loaves of shew-bread generally lay, just as in 2Ch 29:18, in which the chronicler does not contradict himself, as Thenius fancies. The number ten, moreover, is required and proved to be correct in the case of the tables, by the occurrence of the same number in connection with the candlesticks. In no single passage of the Old Testament is it stated that there was only one table of shew-bread in the Holy Place of Solomon’s temple.
(Note: Nothing can be learned from 2Ch 29:18 concerning the number of the vessels in the Holy Place. If we were to conclude from this passage that there were no more vessels in the Holy Place than are mentioned there, we should also have to assume, if we would not fall into a most unscientific inconsistency, that there was neither a candlestick nor a golden altar of incense in the Holy Place. The correct meaning of this passage may be gathered from the words of King Abiam in 2Ch 13:11: “ We lay the shew-bread upon the pure table, and light the golden candlestick every evening; ” from which it is obvious that here and there only the table and the candlestick are mentioned, because usually only one table had shew-bread upon it, and only one candlestick was lighted.)
The tables were certainly made of wood, like the Mosaic table of shew-bread, probably of cedar wood, and only overlaid with gold (see at Exo 25:23-30). “And the candlesticks, five on the right and five on the left, before the back-room.” These were also made in imitation of the Mosaic candlestick (see Exo 25:31.), and were probably placed not near to the party wall in a straight line to the right and left of the door leading into the Most Holy Place, but along the two longer sides of the Holy Place; and the same with the tables, except that they stood nearer to the side walls with the candlesticks in front of them, so that the whole space might be lighted more brilliantly. The altar of burnt-offering, on the contrary, stood in front of and very near to the entrance into the Most Holy Place (see at 1Ki 6:20).
In the following clause ( 1Ki 7:49, 1Ki 7:50) the ornaments of the candlesticks are mentioned first, and then the rest of the smaller golden vessels are enumerated. , the flower-work, with which the candlesticks were ornamented (see Exo 25:33). The word is evidently used collectively here, so that the mentioned along with them in the book of Exodus ( l.c.) are included. , the lamps, which were placed upon the shaft and arms of the candlestick (Exo 25:37). , the snuffers (Exo 25:38). , basins in Exo 12:22, here probably deep dishes ( Schalen). , knives. , bowls ( Schalen) or cans with spouts for the wine for the libations; according to 2Ch 4:8, there were a hundred of these made. , small flat vessels, probably for carrying the incense to the altar. , extinguishers; see at Exo 25:38.
1Ki 7:50-51 The were also of gold, possibly of inferior quality. These were either the hinges of the doors, or more probably the sockets, in which the pegs of the doors turned. They were provided for the doors of the inner temple, viz., the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. We must supply Vv before .
All the vessels mentioned in 1Ki 7:48, 1Ki 7:49 belonged to the Holy Place of the temple, and were the same as those in the tabernacle; so that the remarks made in the Comm. on Exo 25:30, Exo 25:39, and Exo 30:1-10, as to their purpose and signification, apply to them as well. Only the number of the tables and candlesticks was ten times greater. If a multiplication of the number of these two vessels appeared appropriate on account of the increases in the size of the room, the number was fixed at ten, to express the idea of completeness by that number. No new vessel was made for the Most Holy Place, because the Mosaic ark of the covenant was placed therein (1Ki 8:4: compare the remarks on this at Exo 25:10-22). – The account of the vessels of the temple is brought to a close in 1Ki 7:51: “So was ended all the work that king Solomon made in the house of the Lord; and Solomon brought all that was consecrated by his father, (namely) the silver and the gold (which were not wrought), and the vessels he placed in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.” As so much gold and brass had already been expended upon the building, it might appear strange that Solomon should not have used up all the treasures collected by his father, but should still be able to bring a large portion of it into the treasuries of the temple. But according to 1Ch 22:14, 1Ch 22:16, and 1Ch 29:2., David had collected together an almost incalculable amount of gold, silver, and brass, and had also added his own private treasure and the freewill offerings of the leading men of the nation (1Ch 29:7-9). Solomon was also able to devote to the building of the temple a considerable portion of his own very large revenues (cf. 1Ki 10:14), so that a respectable remnant might still be left of the treasure of the sanctuary, which was not first established by David, but had been commenced by Samuel and Saul, and in which David’s generals, Joab and others, had deposited a portion of the gold and silver that they had taken as booty (1Ch 26:20-28). For it is evident that not a little had found its way into this treasure through the successful wars of David, from the fact that golden shields were taken from the generals of Hadadezer, and that these were consecrated to the Lord along with the silver, golden, and brazen vessels offered as gifts of homage by king Toi of Hamath, in addition to the gold and silver which David had consecrated from the defeated Syrians, Moabites, Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites (2Sa 8:7, 2Sa 8:11-12; 1Ch 18:7, 1Ch 18:10-11).
(Note: The amazing extent to which this booty may possibly have reached, may be inferred from the accounts we have concerning the quantity of the precious metals in Syria in the Macedonian age. In the gaza regia of Damascus, Alexander found 2600 talents of gold and 600 talents of uncoined silver (Curt. iii. 13, 16, cf. Arrian, ii. 11, 10). In the temple of Jupiter at Antioch there was a statue of this god of solid silver fifteen cubits high (Justin, xxxix. 2, 5. 6); and in the temple at Hierapolis there was also a golden statue (Lucian, de Dea Syr. 31). According to Appian ( Parth. 28, ed. Schweigh.), this temple was so full of wealth, that Crassus spent several days weighing the vessels of silver and gold. And from the unanimous testimony of the ancients, the treasures of the palaces and temples of Asia in the earlier times were greater still. Of the many accounts which Bhr ( Symbolik, i. p. 258ff.) and Movers ( Phnizier, ii. 3, p. 40ff.) have collected together on this subject, we will mention only a few here, the credibility of which cannot be disputed. According to Varro (in Plin. 33:15), Cyrus had taken 34,000 pounds of gold as booty after the conquest of Asia, beside the gold wrought into vessels and ornaments, and 500,000 talents of silver. In Susa, Alexander took 40,000, or, according to other accounts, 50,000, talents from the royal treasury; or, as it is still more definitely stated, 40,000 talents of uncoined gold and silver, and 9000 talents of coined dariks. Alexander had these brought to Ecbatana, where he accumulated 180,000 talents. Antigonus afterwards found in Susa 15,000 talents more in vessels and wrought gold and silver. In Persepolis, Alexander took 120,000 talents, and in Pasargada 6000 talents. For the proofs, see Movers, pp. 42, 43.)
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
Lavers and Vessels, Commentary on 1Ki 7:40-51 AND 2Ch 4:7-8; 2Ch 4:19-22; 2Ch 5:1
The Chronicles account continues to describe the various parts of the temple furnishings, while the Kings account is a lengthy summation of the work of Hiram the artisan. Ten candlesticks (actually lampstands, holding small lamps burning olive oil) were constructed and arranged five on each side of the holy place in the temple. There were also ten tables for the shewbread arranged in similar fashion in the holy place. All these objects were made of gold, in addition to which there were also a hundred golden basins. Chronicles continues to sum up the precious articles of gold in the temple, mentioning again the lampstands and tables, and adding the tongs, snuffers, spoons, censers, the inner doors, etc.
The Kings account emphasizes again the construction of the bronze pillars and their capitals, with their bowls, pomegranates, network, etc. The list includes the ten bases for the ten laver, the sea resting on the backs of the twelve oxen; the pots, shovels, and basins used around the bronze altar of sacrifice, all constructed of burnished bronze. Hiram’s foundry for these things was constructed in the hard clay ground between Zarathan and succoth on the east side of the Jordan valley. So much copper was smelted that Solomon discontinued the record of it.
From 1Ki 7:48 ff the account deals with the objects of gold which Hiram also made, all of which is parallel to the Chronicles account noted above. Mentioned in addition are the golden hinges for the doors. Both accounts conclude with the statement that the house of the Lord was finished according to plan, after which Solomon brought into all the things David had prepared for it, of silver, gold, vessels, and put them in the treasure storage. Some of the chambers around the walls were devoted to this purpose.
These things may be emphasized. 1) work for the Lord should be done with promptness and diligence; 2) those who devote their talents to the Lord’s work will be blessed with greater abilities; 3) the beauty of a house of God should not be for man’s glory, but honoring and glorifying to Him; 4) accuracy and exactness in God’s work are befitting His requirements and His own perfection.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
C. SUMMARY OF HIRAMS WORKS 7:4047
TRANSLATION
(40) And Hiram made the pots,[212] the shovels, and the bowls. So Hiram finished making all the work that he made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD. (41) The two pillars and the bowls of the capitals which were atop the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were atop the pillars; (42) And the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the surface of the pillars; (43) and the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; (44) and one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; (45) and the pots and the shovels and the bowls; even all these vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright bronze. (46) In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. (47) And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed because they were exceeding many, neither was the weight of the bronze discovered.
[212] The standard Hebrew text has hakkiyoroth lavers. However, the Septuagint and some Hebrew manuscripts suggest the more ancient reading may have been hassiroth pots. 1Ki. 7:45 and 2Ch. 4:11 also suggest that the reading should be pots. In the unvocalized Hebrew text there is only one letter difference between the two words.
COMMENTS
1Ki. 7:40-45 contain a summary of the objects for which Hiram was responsible in Solomons Temple. His work was as follows:
1. Some of the smaller implements used in the Temple service. He made the pots used for boiling the flesh of the peace offering (cf. 1Sa. 2:13-14); the shovels used for taking away the ashes from the altar (cf. Exo. 27:3; Num. 4:14); and the bowls used for receiving the blood of the sacrificial animals (cf. Exo. 38:3; Num. 4:14).
2. The two massive pillars called Jachin and Boaz.
3. The bowls of the capitals which were atop the bronze pillars.
4. The two networks which covered the bowls of the capitals (1Ki. 7:41).
5. The four hundred pomegranates which were attached to the networks, two rows of one hundred each on each network (1Ki. 7:42).
6. The ten portable stands and ten lavers which they sup ported (1Ki. 7:43).
7. The great sea which rested on the twelve oxen (1Ki. 7:44).
8. The smaller implementsthe pots, shovels and bowls or basins (1Ki. 7:45).
In this summary there is no mention of the bronze altar as in 2Ch. 4:1, possibly because it was not made by Hiram. All the objects in this list were made of bright bronze, i.e., bronze polished after casting (1Ki. 7:45). The casting was done in Gilead between Succoth and Zarethan. Hiram chose this site because it had an adequate supply of water and good clay readily available and was a convenient place from which to transport the finished product to Jerusalem.[213] Apparently earthen boundaries or clay molds were used to form these objects. The casting was done by Hiram, but since Hiram worked for the king, the king is credited with the achievement. Despite the large number of vessels, the quantity of bronze used for making them was insignificant in comparison with the enormous quantity required in making the sea, the bases, the lavers, and the two pillars (1Ki. 7:47).[214]
[213] Honor, JCBR, p. 108.
[214] Another interpretation is that no attempt was made to discover the exact weight of the metal on account of the vast quantities of bronze employed.
Fuente: College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
(40) The lavers.These should be (as in 1Ki. 7:45) pots. The verse describes the completion of Hirams work by the making of the smaller vessels.
It is curious that no mention is made of the construction of the brasen altar. It has been supposed by some that the old altar reared by David (2Sa. 24:25) was retained. But in 2Ch. 4:1, and in Josephuss account, it is expressly said that a brasen altar was made by Hiram, 30 feet square and 15 feet high. Probably, therefore, the absence of all mention of it here is simply an omission in the record.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
The Final Summary Concerning The Lavers and Their Implements ( 1Ki 7:40 ).
This summary along with 1Ki 7:13-14 forms an inclusio. It stresses the conclusion by Hiram of the work commenced in 1Ki 7:13-14.
1Ki 7:40
‘ And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of YHWH.’
This second subsection is now closed off by a summary which explains that Hiram (with his assistants) also made both the lavers and all the necessary utensils, having thus made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of YHWH. Previously we had been told that he had finished the work on the pillars (1Ki 7:22). Thus the emphasis here is mainly on the molten sea and the lavers, but bringing within it everything else that he had made. And here Hiram bows out (apart from a brief mention). From this point on, concluding with the final statement of what Solomon had accomplished in 1Ki 7:51, we find a summary of what has gone before, together with further necessary additions to the Temple furniture, with the main emphasis being laid on what king Solomon himself had achieved. In the end it was to be seen as his achievement.
It will be noted that Hiram’s work was limited to the furniture in the Inner court. He is not connected by the writer with the furniture within the inner Sanctuary. Thus we see the continual inference that Hiram was not quite the thing. We must bear in mind that when Kings was finalised it was at a time when Israel were very much aware of what syncretism and compromise had done to Israel and Judah.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
1Ki 7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:
Ver. 40. And the shovels. ] Which were to gather up the ashes, and to carry coals from the altar to put into the censers in the temple, for the incense.
And the basons.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
lavers = cauldrons (for boiling the peace offerings). Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read “pans”. Compare 1Ki 7:45 and 2Ch 4:11.
made = made for.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Vessels of Brass and of Gold
1Ki 7:40-51
As we pass from the outward to the inward part of the sanctuary, brass gives place to gold. The nearer we come to Gods throne in the Holy of Holies, the more costly and magnificent everything must become. Even snuffers, hinges, and spoons must be of gold. Gods highest service calls for our best in the least things that pertain to it.
The enumeration of ornaments and utensils in brass and gold, leads to the announcement that Solomon gave up counting the weight, and that the weight of the brass could not be found out. The r.v. margin says, was not searched out. In this there is shadowed forth the unsearchable riches of Christ, Eph 3:8. You cannot weigh them up. They defy calculation. It is only when you get the accumulated experience of all the saints that you can comprehend the length and breadth and depth and height of the love of Christ that passeth knowledge, Eph 3:18. See to it that you grow in the grace and in the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ our Lord, 2Pe 3:18. Let there be a sensible advance into the deep things of God. For wood bring stones, for stones iron, for iron brass, and for brass gold, Isa 60:17. And may we all leave a finished building behind us when we pass on to see the King!
Fuente: F.B. Meyer’s Through the Bible Commentary
Hiram: Heb. Hirom, 1Ki 7:13
the lavers: 1Ki 7:28, 2Ki 25:14, 2Ki 25:15, 2Ch 4:8, 2Ch 4:11-16, Jer 52:18, Jer 52:19
the shovels: 1Ki 7:45
the basins: Exo 24:6
So Hiram: Exo 39:32-43
Reciprocal: Exo 27:3 – his shovels 2Ch 4:6 – ten lavers
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 7:40. Hiram made the lavers, &c. These seem to have been the last things that he made. For he now finished all his work, most or all the particulars of which are recapitulated, with the addition of some others not mentioned before: shovels, for instance, wherewith they cleansed the altar from the ashes, and basins, wherein the priests received the blood of the sacrifices that were offered.