34 Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand.
34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
34 There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands.
34 There was a handle at the four corners of each washstand, the handles cast in one piece with the stand.
34 And there were four supports at the four corners of each cart; its supports were part of the cart itself.
34 There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 7:34
Commentary on 1 Kings 7:13-47
(Read 1 Kings 7:13-47)
The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. "Jachin," God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. "Boaz," In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of God's temple, where we must wait for the gifts of grace, in use of the means of grace. Spiritual priests and spiritual sacrifices must be washed in the laver of Christ's blood, and of regeneration. We must wash often, for we daily contract pollution. There are full means provided for our cleansing; so that if we have our lot for ever among the unclean it will be our own fault. Let us bless God for the fountain opened by the sacrifice of Christ for sin and for uncleanness.