1 Kings 7:20

1 Kings 7:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
• New International Version (NIV)On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the other capital.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranates above, by the convex surface which was next to the network; and there were two hundred such pomegranates in rows on each of the capitals all around.

Context of 1 Kings 7:20

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. There were pictures of 200 pomegranates in two rows all around the top of each pillar. They were next to the chains above the round shape at the top of the pillar. 21Hiram put these two pillars at the entrance room of the temple, in front of the big hall, the hall of pillars in the temple. He called the pillar on the south side ‘Jakin’. He called the pillar on the north side ‘Boaz’. 22The tops of the pillars were in the shape of flowers called lilies. Hiram finished the work on the two bronze pillars.

1 Kings 7:20 word by word

וְכֹתָרֹ֗ת עַל־שְׁנֵי֙ הָֽעַמּוּדִ֔ים גַּם־מִמַּ֙עַל֙ מִלְּעֻמַּ֣ת הַבֶּ֔טֶן אֲשֶׁ֖ר לְעֵ֣בֶר הַשְּׂבָכָ֑ה וְהָרִמּוֹנִ֤ים מָאתַ֙יִם֙ טֻרִ֣ים סָבִ֔יב עַ֖ל הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the chapitersכֹּתֶ֫רֶתkôthereth · capitalH3805
• upon the twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• also aboveמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• over againstעֻמָּה‛ûmmâh · closeH5980
• the bellyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: humpH990
• byעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: besideH5676
• the networkשְׂבָכָהώebâkâh · latticeworkH7639
• and the pomegranatesרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn · pomegranateH7416
• two hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• in rowsטוּרţûr · rowH2905
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• upon the otherשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145

Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:20

• 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.
• 2 Chronicles 3:16They made images of chains around the top pieces of the pillars. They also made 100 images of pomegranates among the chains.
• 2 Chronicles 4:13400 images of pomegranates for the two groups of chains (there were two rows of these images around the piece at the top of each pillar, which had the shape of a bowl);
• Jeremiah 52:22The bronze piece on the top of one pillar was more than a 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 7:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20In this verse also a portion of the original text is supposed to have fallen out in consequence of the repetition of words. The full phrase of the original has been retained in 1 Kings 7:16-17. It may be restored thus: “And the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the one chapiter, and two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.” The “four hundred” 1 Kings 7:42; 2 Chronicles 4:13, are obtained by counting the pomegranates of…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 7:20

• Art
• Brass
• Carving
• Chapiter
• Hiram
• Master Workman
• Mechanic
• Pillar
• Pomegranate
• Temple

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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