He made also the stands, and the lavers on the stands, — The word 'stands' (מְכֹנוֹת) refers to the wheeled base structures supporting the lavers, allowing mobility within the courtyard for various ritual purposes. The movable lavers differed from the stationary bronze sea. The stands (כִּיּוֹרוֹת) are not described in detail here, though 1 Kings 7 provides extensive description of their artistic program featuring borders, panels, and figures. The Chronicler's brevity may suggest he was condensing his source material or that stands' technical complexity was less relevant to his theological concerns.

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