And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work that he made for king Solomon for the house of the LORD:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Shovels. Scutras may also signify "cauldrons "from their resemblance with a shield. These terms occur Exodus xxvii. 3., (Calmet) and are there properly translated, shovels (Haydock)
The Jews say there were always, at least, three things of the same species, that one might be ready in case another was defiled.
