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1 Kings 7:39 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He set the bases, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house. He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward and toward the south. "
1 Kings 7:39
Verse in Context
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37 He made the ten bases in this way: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.
38 He made ten basins of bronze. One basin contained forty baths. Every basin measured four cubits. One basin was on every one of the ten bases.
39 He set the bases, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house. He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward and toward the south.
40 Hiram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work that he worked for King Solomon in the LORD’s house:
41 the two pillars; the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
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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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