And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
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Gill's Exposition
And under the borders were four wheels,.... Not under the borders last mentioned, but those in Kg1 7:29,
and the axle trees of the wheels were joined to the base; to the four sides of it:
and the…
Barnes' Notes
It seems impossible to determine what is meant by the “mouth” of the laver, or what by its “chapiter.”
We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, Ch1 29:2. What those things were…
Cambridge Bible
And the mouth of it Here the pronoun must, I think, be referred, as in -corners (feet) thereof" of 1Ki 7:30, to the base. The bases appear to have had a circular orifice in the top, which is here…