- bases was on:
- It seems evident that these bases or pedestals rose with steps, and that the ornaments mentioned in the next verse appeared in front, forming so many entablatures. But the description of these bases is very difficult to comprehend: many of the original words are seldom, if at all, used elsewhere; and it would be impossible to give an explanation of each particular, without a labour and prolixity disproportioned to its importance to us. "And the workª of the basesª [was] on this¹ [manner]: they had borders,ª and the bordersª [were] between¹ the ledges:ª" {1Kg 7:28}
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