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1 Kings 7:31 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Its opening within the capital and above was a cubit. Its opening was round like the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening were engravings, and their panels were square, not round. "
1 Kings 7:31
Verse in Context
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29 and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
30 Every base had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze; and its four feet had supports. The supports were cast beneath the basin, with wreaths at the side of each.
31 Its opening within the capital and above was a cubit. Its opening was round like the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening were engravings, and their panels were square, not round.
32 The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base. The height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
33 The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all of cast metal.
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1 Kings 7:1
"Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house."
1 Kings 7:2
"For he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars."
1 Kings 7:3
"It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row."
1 Kings 7:4
"There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks."
1 Kings 7:5
"All the doors and posts were made square with beams; and window was facing window in three ranks."
1 Kings 7:6
"He made the hall of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them."
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