And under: 1 Kings 7:24-26; Ezekiel 1:10, Ezekiel 10:14; 1 Corinthians 9:9-10; Revelation 4:7
oxen: In the parallel passage of Kings, instead of bekarim:, "oxen," we have pekaim:, "knops," in the form of colocynths. (See note on 1 Kings 6:18, and see note on 2 Kings 4:39); which last is supposed by able critics to be the reading which ought to received be here; bekarim:, "oxen," being a mistake for pekaim:, "knops." Houbigant, however, contends that the words in both places are right; but that bakar: does not signify an ox here, but a large kind of grape, according to its meaning in Arabic. But Dr. A. Clarke states that bakar:, or bakarat:, has no such meaning in Arabic, though the phrase aino: 'lbikri:, or "ox-eye," signifies a species of black grape, very large, and of incredible sweetness; that consequently the criticism of this great man is not solid; and that the likeliest method of reconciling the two places is to suppose a change in the letters as above.