28 The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
Borders - Rather, "panels" (so 1-Kings 7:32, 1-Kings 7:35), a set of square compartments between the "ledges" or borders, or mouldings. Below the panelling, with its ornamentation of lions, oxen (the two animal forms which occur most frequently in Assyrian decoration), and cherubim, was a space decorated with "additions of thin work" 1-Kings 7:29.
Upon the "ledges" 1-Kings 7:29 which surrounded the top of the base there was a stand for the laver, distinct from the upper surface of the base.
And the work of the bases was on this manner,.... The following was the form in which they were made:
they had borders; plates of brass all around them, which enclosed them:
and the borders were between the ledges; which were short staves or bars of brass, that stood upright all around, like the staves of a cart on each side, or the rails of a balcony, only in double rows; and between these were the borders or plates of brass.
Borders - Broad brims, possibly for the more secure holding of the lavers.
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