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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 7:31 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 7:31	King James	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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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
It seems impossible to determine what is meant by the "mouth" of the laver, or what by its "chapiter."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

It seems impossible to determine what is meant by the "mouth" of the laver, or what by its "chapiter."

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The mouth - So he calls that part in the top of the base which was left hollow, that the foot of the laver might be let into it. The chapiter - Within the little base, which he calls the chapiter, because it rose up from, and stood above the great base. Above - Above the chapiter; for the mouth went up, and grew wider like a funnel. A cubit - In height, Kg1 7:35, whereof half a cubit was above the chapiter or little base, and the other half below it. A cubit and half - In compass. Four square - So the innermost part, called the mouth, was round, but the outward part was square, as when a circle is made within a quadrangle.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

The mouth - So he calls that part in the top of the base which was left hollow, that the foot of the laver might be let into it. The chapiter - Within the little base, which he calls the chapiter, because it rose up from, and stood above the great base. Above - Above the chapiter; for the mouth went up, and grew wider like a funnel. A cubit - In height, Kg1 7:35, whereof half a cubit was above the chapiter or little base, and the other half below it. A cubit and half - In compass. Four square - So the innermost part, called the mouth, was round, but the outward part was square, as when a circle is made within a quadrangle.

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