OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 7:40

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Hiram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work that he worked for King Solomon in the LORD’s house:

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Verse 40. Shovels. Scutras may also signify “cauldrons,” from their resemblance with a shield. These terms occur Exodus 27:3. ( Calmet.) and are there properly translated, shovels, and so forth Bible.—The Jews say there were always, at least, three things of the same species, that one might be ready in case another was defiled.

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