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A Difficult Verse
Multiple commentators, including Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott, state that the specific architectural details in this verse are extremely obscure and perhaps impossible to reconstruct with certainty. This reassures the modern reader that finding the verse confusing is a shared experience, even among scholars.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 7:31
18th Century
Theologian
It seems impossible to determine what is meant by the “mouth” of the laver, or what is meant by its “capital.”
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 7:13–50
19th Century
Bishop
The exceedingly graphic and elaborate description of the work of Hiram on the vessels and furniture of the Temple, and on the great pillars, clearl…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 7:31
17th Century
Pastor
And the mouth of it within the chapiter, and above, was a
cubit
On the lid of the bas…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 7:13–47
17th Century
Minister
Some think the two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple were to teach those who came to worship to depend on God alone for strength and establ…