The Meaning of 1 Kings 7:32 Explained

1 Kings 7:32

KJV: And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

YLT: And the four wheels are under the borders, and the spokes of the wheels are in the base, and the height of the one wheel is a cubit and half a cubit.

Darby: And the four wheels were under the panels; and the supports of the wheels were in the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

ASV: And the four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Kings 7:32?

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What is the context of 1 Kings 7:32?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And under the borders [were] four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels [were joined] to the base: and the height of a wheel [was] a cubit and half a cubit.

What does 1 Kings 7:32 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 7:27-39 - Vases And Lavers

In addition to the great molten sea, described in the previous verses, there were ten portable vessels, or vases, that ran on wheels, so that they could be pushed across the level marble floor to any part of the court where fresh cleansing water was required. Five of these lavers were placed on the right, and ten on the left, of the great brazen altar. Such things as belonged to the burned-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in, 2 Chronicles 4:6.

We should carefully note the large provision made under the old Covenant for ceremonial washings. How precise is this account of these vessels! Does it not give weight to that injunction: "Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord"? Isaiah 52:11. This passage reminds us of the infinite purity of God, who charges His angels with folly, Job 4:18, and in whose sight the heavens are not clean, Job 15:15. As our Lord said to His disciples: "He that is clean needs"¦ to wash his feet," John 13:10. Every act of ours, even though we are priests unto God, needs to be cleansed and sanctified by the Word of God and prayer, Acts 6:4.

1 Kings 7:1-51 - Breaking Three Commandments

From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.

Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 7

¹ The building of Solomon's house
² Of the house of Lebanon
⁶ Of the porch of pillars
⁷ Of the porch of judgment
⁸ Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter
¹³ Hiram's work of the two pillars,
²³ Of the molten sea
²⁷ Of the ten bases
³⁸ Of the ten lavers
⁴⁰ and all the vessels

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 7:32 mean?

And four wheels under Under the panels [were] and the axles of the wheels [were joined] to the cart And the height of wheel one [was] a cubit and a half cubits

וְאַרְבַּ֣עַת הָאֽוֹפַנִּ֗ים לְמִתַּ֙חַת֙ לַֽמִּסְגְּר֔וֹת וִיד֥וֹת הָאֽוֹפַנִּ֖ים בַּמְּכוֹנָ֑ה וְקוֹמַת֙ הָאוֹפַ֣ן הָאֶחָ֔ד אַמָּ֖ה וַחֲצִ֥י הָאַמָּֽה

וְאַרְבַּ֣עַת	And four
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular construct Root: אַרְבַּע Sense: four.
הָאֽוֹפַנִּ֗ים	wheels
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֹופַן Sense: wheel.
לְמִתַּ֙חַת֙	under
Parse: Preposition-l, Preposition-m Root: מִתְחָה Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
לַֽמִּסְגְּר֔וֹת	Under the panels [were]
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine plural Root: מִסְגֶּרֶת Sense: border, fastness, rim.
וִיד֥וֹת	and the axles
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct Root: יָד Sense: hand.
הָאֽוֹפַנִּ֖ים	of the wheels [were joined]
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֹופַן Sense: wheel.
בַּמְּכוֹנָ֑ה	to the cart
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מְכֹונָה Sense: fixed resting place, base, pedestal.
וְקוֹמַת֙	And the height
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: קֹומָה Sense: height.
הָאוֹפַ֣ן	of wheel
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אֹופַן Sense: wheel.
הָאֶחָ֔ד	one
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular Root: אֶחָד Sense: one (number).
אַמָּ֖ה	[was] a cubit
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: אַמָּה Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וַחֲצִ֥י	and a half
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: חֲצִי Sense: half.
הָאַמָּֽה	cubits
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אַמָּה Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.

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