Commentary for I Kings 7:40
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ חִיר֔וֹם אֶת־הַ֨כִּיֹּר֔וֹת וְאֶת־הַיָּעִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמִּזְרָק֑וֹת וַיְכַ֣ל חִירָ֗ם לַֽעֲשׂוֹת֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֛ה לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃
And Hiram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the LORD:
Rashi on I Kings
And Chirom made, etc. And Rebbi said, that the כיורות are one and the same as the סירות, as it is stated, “like a pan of fire burning wood,”61Zecharyah 12:6. and similarly, “and he thrust it into the pan.”62I Shmuel 2:14.
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Rashi on I Kings
The [wash] basins. Of copper, used to remove the ashes from the altar.
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Rashi on I Kings
The rakes. Copper shovels which are called vedil, in German, [were used] to rake the ashes into the pots.
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