1 Kings 7:33 Meaning and Explanation
“And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.”
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Read Full Chapter →The wheels were made like chariot wheels, their hubs, rims, and spokes all cast in bronze.
What Does 1 Kings 7:33 Mean?
The wheels were fashioned like the wheels of a chariot, complete with hubs, rims, and spokes, every part cast in bronze. The likeness to a war chariot's wheel gave them both strength and a familiar form.
A chariot wheel was a thing of swiftness and power, here turned to the service of God's house. What the world used for battle, the temple used for worship. So the Lord takes the forms and forces of this age and bends them to His purposes. Every strength, surrendered to Him, may be set rolling in His service rather than against it.
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What does 1 Kings 7:33 mean?
The wheels were made like chariot wheels, their hubs, rims, and spokes all cast in bronze.