1 Kings 7:24

knops The word is that which occurs in 1 Kings 6:18, and the knops were probably of a gourd-shape. See note there. The description in 2 Chronicles (1 Kings 4:3) says that oxenand not knopswere the ornaments.

ten in a cubit This would make the number of knops to be 300. But the R.V. renders for ten cubits. And so the words are rendered in 1 Kings 6:26. But the A. V. must give the true sense. Otherwise why is it said that the sea was encompassedby these knops?

when it was cast i.e. They were of the same piece with the whole rim, and not attached afterwards like some of the ornaments of the pillars.