And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
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Gill's Exposition
And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high,.... The same with the chapiter, Kg1 7:31 which rose up straight half a cubit, and widening upwards half a cubit more, here…
Barnes' Notes
The undersetters were cast with the base, not afterward attached to it, and were therefore stronger and better able to support the laver.
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
Andthere were four undersetters to, &c. Literally, -shoulders at &c." The mention of these -shoulder-pieces" again immediately after the wheel seems, if we may rely on the correct order of the text,…