Discovery Box1 Kings 7:29 
Context7:29 On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubs. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths. 1
1 Kings 7:31
Context7:31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. 2 On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames. 3
1 tn The precise meaning of these final words is uncertain. A possible literal translation would be, “wreaths, the work of descent.”
2 tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.
3 tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”
