1 Kings 7:45

And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
pots	הַסִּיר֨וֹת ha.si.Rot	H5518	a pot · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
shovels	הַיָּעִ֜ים hai.ya.'Im	H3257	a shovel · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
basons	הַמִּזְרָק֗וֹת ha.miz.ra.Kot	H4219	a bowl (as if for sprinkling) · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
vessels	הַכֵּלִ֣ים ha.ke.Lim	H3627	something prepared · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
Hiram	חִירָ֛ם chi.Ram	H2438	Chiram or Chirom · proper noun, a man's name
made	עָשָׂ֥ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king	לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ la.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
house	בֵּ֣ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
bright	מוֹרָט môwrâṭ	H4178	obstinate
brass	נְחֹ֖שֶׁת ne.Cho.shet	H5178	copper · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels th…
Exodus 38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels t…
2 Chronicles 4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of th…
Leviticus 8:31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread…
1 Samuel 2:13-14 And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seethin…
Ezekiel 46:20-24 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the m…
Zechariah 14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:13-47

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 we are not told, but some of the things of brass are here described and the rest mentioned. I. The brasier whom Solomon employed to preside in this part of the work was Hiram, or Huram (Ch2 4:11), who was by his mother's side an Israelite, of the tribe of Naphtali, by his father's side a man of Tyre, Kg1 7:14. If he had the ingenuity of a Tyrian, and the affection of an Israelite to the house of God (the head of a Tyrian and the heart of an Israelite), it was happy that the blood of the two nati…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:40

And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins--These verses contain a general enumeration of Hiram's works, as well as those already mentioned as other minor things. The Tyrian artists are frequently mentioned by ancient authors as skilful artificers in fashioning and embossing metal cups and bowls; and we need not wonder, therefore, to find them employed by Solomon in making the golden and brazen utensils for his temple and palaces.

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 7:40

So Hiram made an end - It is truly surprising, that in so short a time one artist could design and execute works of such magnitude, taste, and variety, however numerous his assistants might be. The mere building of the house was a matter of little difficulty in comparison of these internal works.

John Gill on 1 Kings 7:40

And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins,.... The lavers are not the ten before mentioned, of the make of which an account is before given; but these, according to Jarchi and Ben Gersom, are the same with the pots, 1 Kings 7:45 and so they are called in 2 Chronicles 4:11 the use of which, as they say, was to put the ashes of the altar into; as the "shovels", next mentioned, were a sort of besoms to sweep them off, and the "basins" were to receive the blood of the sacrifices, and sprinkle it; no mention is here made of the altar of brass he made, but is in 2 Chronicles 4:11, nor of the fleshhooks to take the flesh out of the pots, as in 2 Chronicles 4:16, so Hiram made an e…

The Church Fathers

It is appropriate that the vessels of the Lord's house were cast in the region of the Jordan, namely, in the river in which our Lord deigned to be baptized and by his immersion in the waves of its waters changed the element for us into a bath for sins. For every baptism of the faithful in which they are consecrated to the Lord is celebrated on the model of his baptism whereby he himself sanctified the waters. It is proper that the vessels of the Lord's house should have been made in the country of the Jordan, for there is no other way for us to become vessels of election and mercy than by looking to his baptism that he underwent in that river and making sure that we too are washed in that life-giving river. However, it must be noted that he says these vessels were made not only in the country around the Jordan but also in its plains to signify the multiplication of the faithful that was to take place not only in Judea but also in the wide world of all the nations in fulfillment of the prophecy that says, "The plains and everything in them will rejoice."
— Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 2.21.1

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Dictionary and topics

Copper — Derived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called “Cyprian brass,” occurs only in the Authorized Version in Ezra 8:27. Elsewhere the Hebrew word (nehosheth) is improperly rendered “brass,”…
Basin · Ma — Ma
Brass · .Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple — .Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple
Brass, Or Copper · Made into: Sacred vessels — Made into: Sacred vessels
Carving · Hiram — Hiram
Hiram · of the interior of the temple — of the interior of the temple
Master Workman · .Hiram — .Hiram
Mechanic · .Hiram — .Hiram

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 7:45

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:13-47

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:40

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 7:40

John Gill on 1 Kings 7:40

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 7:45

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:13-47

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:40

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 7:40

John Gill on 1 Kings 7:40

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 7:40–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 7:40-45

Rashi on 1 Kings 7:42