1 Kings 7:17

1 Kings 7:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
• New International Version (NIV)A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There were lattices of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, a lattice for the one capital and a lattice for the other capital.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He made a lattice network, with wreaths of chainwork, for the capitals which were on top of the pillars: seven chains for one capital and seven for the other capital.

Context of 1 Kings 7:17

15Hiram made two bronze pillars. Each pillar was 8.2 metres high and 5.5 metres around the outside. The metal itself was about 7 centimetres thick. 16He also used bronze to make a top for each pillar. Each piece was 2.3 metres high. Each piece had pictures like rows of chains that joined together. There were seven pictures like this on the top of each pillar. 18Hiram also made pictures of two rows of pomegranates around the chains. They covered the tops of the pillars. 19The tops of the two pillars were in the shape of flowers called lilies. Each one was 1.8 metres high.

1 Kings 7:17 word by word

שְׂבָכִ֞ים מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שְׂבָכָ֗ה גְּדִלִים֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שַׁרְשְׁר֔וֹת לַכֹּ֣תָרֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֑ים שִׁבְעָה֙ לַכֹּתֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ת וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה לַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• netsשָׂבָךְώâbâk · netH7638
• of checkerשְׂבָכָהώebâkâh · latticeworkH7639
• workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• and wreathsגְּדִלִיםgedil · tasselH1434
• of chainשַׁרְשְׁרָהsharsherâh · chainH8333
• for the chapitersכֹּתֶ֫רֶתkôthereth · capitalH3805
• upon the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of the pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• for the oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• for the otherשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145

Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:17

• Exodus 28:14And use pure gold to make two thin chains, like strings. Fix these chains to the gold pieces that hold the onyx stones.
• Exodus 39:15They used pure gold to make two thin chains like strings, to fix the breastpiece to the ephod
• 2 Kings 25:17Each pillar was 8 metres high. The bronze piece on the top of one pillar was more than 1 metre high. It had rows of chains with images of pomegranates made from bronze all around it. The other pillar, with its rows of chains and pomegranates, was the same.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Nets … - Rather “Nets chequerwise, and festoons chainwise,” - probably a fine network over the whole, and chainwork hanging in festoons outside. Seven for the one chapiter - The Septuagint reading is preferable. “A net for the one chapiter and a net for the other chapiter.” Compare 1 Kings 7:41.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-47Verses 13-47 The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. "Jachin," God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. "Boaz," In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of God's temple, where we must…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-22The two bronze pillars were likely free-standing because the narrator mentions them here instead of during the earlier discussion of the temple structure (1 Kings 6:3–6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2215-22. two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits high--They were made of the brass (bronze) which was taken from the king of Zobah (1Ch 18:8). In 2Ch 3:15 they are said to have been thirty-five cubits high. There, however, their joint lengths are given; whereas here the length of the pillars is given separately. Each pillar was seventeen and a half cubits long, which is stated, in round numbers, as eighteen. Their dimensions in English measure are as…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 7:17

• Art
• Brass
• Carving
• Chains
• Chapiter
• Hiram
• Master Workman
• Mechanic
• Net
• Pillar
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Jachin and Boaz
• Light
• Sea
• Solomon
• Unweighed
• Architecture
• Checker-Work; (network)
• House
• Kings, Books of
• Samaria, City of

Commentaries on 1 Kings 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary