1 Kings 7:40

Summary of Hiram's work. Completion of the Temple (2 Chronicles 4:11-22; 2 Chronicles 5:1)

40. And Hiram made the lavers Many ancient authorities (see R.V. marg.) read pots instead of -lavers," and this is given in 2 Chronicles 4:11. The difference is so slight between כירות = lavers, and סירות = pots, that we need not be surprised at the variation in different mss.

that he made king Solomon R.V. reads, with the same sense, -that he wrought for king Solomon." Perhaps it reads a little more easily. In some mss. and Versions the reading is -that king Solomon made," just as in 1 Kings 7:51 below, where the same phrase is used of the whole work.