Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 7:35
And in the top of the base [was there] a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same.
35. the ledges thereof ] Literally, ‘the hands thereof.’ Probably some kind of prop or holder is intended. R.V. gives stays, both here and in the next verse.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
A round compass – A circular elevation, half a cubit high, rather than a circular depression, half a cubit deep. Compare 1Ki 7:29. The ledges and borders of the top of the base were its hands and its panels. These hands, distinct from the shoulders 1Ki 7:30, were probably supports, adorned with engraved plates 1Ki 7:36, either of the elevated circle on which the laver stood, or of the lower part of the laver itself. Both panels and hands were of the same, i. e. of one piece with the base, cast at the same time.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high,…. The same with the chapiter, 1Ki 7:31 which rose up straight half a cubit, and widening upwards half a cubit more, here called the round compass of it:
and on the top of the base, the ledges thereof and the borders thereof, were of the same; of the same piece of brass with the base, all being cast together.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
35. Round compass of half a cubit high This was the convex roof of the smaller base above, (k k in figure,) which rested on the top of the ledges, (1Ki 7:29,) and supported in turn the more immediate base-work of the laver. See note on 1Ki 7:31.
The ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same Literally, on the top of the base its hands and its panels of it. What these hands, or supports, on the top of the base, were, it is hard to determine. But as the word in 1Ki 7:32-33 was used of the stays that fastened the axles to the base, and are called the hands of the wheels rather than the legs of the base, so here, we incline to take the hands of the base for the legs or supports of the laver, called also in 1Ki 7:31 the base-work of the laver. (n n n in figure.) It is there called base-work rather than a base, because it was made of several pieces of metal set underneath the laver with open spaces between, and not of a solid cube, like the lower bases. The round compass had also panels, like the lower base and the surface of the laver, (w w in figure,) and these, like them, were covered with sculptured work.
Of the same Or, of it; that is, cast, like the undersetters, (1Ki 7:34,) so as to be one piece with the base itself.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ki 7:35 And in the top of the base [was there] a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same.
Ver. 35. Was there a round compass. ] Which was made, it should seem, to receive the water which came out at the cocks.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
7:35 And in the top of the base [was there] a round {v} compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same.
(v) Which was called the pillar, chapiter or small base, in which the cauldron stood.