1 Kings 7:33
And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
1 Kings 7:33 belongs to the description of the building and furniture of Solomon's temple in the time of the undivided kingdom, within the account of 1 Kings 1 to 11 which relates the same events as 2 Chronicles 1 to 9 and comes at this point in chronological order. The temple it describes was a magnificent, permanent, immovable enlargement of the tabernacle, larger than the tabernacle but following the same plan. It was built over seven years and six months.
Its sanctuary vessels and fittings were larger and more numerous than those of the tabernacle, but were of the same kind and for the same ministration in a building with two holy places as the tabernacle. The verse describes the wheels made for the temple furnishings, whose workmanship resembled that of a chariot wheel, with their axles, hubs, rims, and spokes cast as one piece of metal.
The verse belongs to the account of the builders of the temple to whom the Lord gave special wisdom, showing that the power of invention is God-given. The temple, including its vessels, served as a pattern of the heavenly temple, supporting the conclusion that the heavenly temple has two holy places.