1 Kings 7:26

1 Kings 7:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
• New International Version (NIV)It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained two thousand baths.

Context of 1 Kings 7:26

24Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the Sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the rest. 25It was standing on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the Sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. And it was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths. 27Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits, its width four cubits, and its height was three cubits. 28This was the design of the stands: they had borders, that is, borders between the crossbars,

1 Kings 7:26 word by word

וְעָבְי֣וֹ טֶ֔פַח וּשְׂפָת֛וֹ כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה שְׂפַת־כּ֖וֹס פֶּ֣רַח שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן אַלְפַּ֥יִם בַּ֖ת יָכִֽיל׃ פRead the interlinear

• handטֶ֫פַחţêphach · handbreadthH2947
• thickעֲבִי‛ăbîy ‛ŏbîy · thicknessH5672
• and its brimשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: edgeH8193
• was madeמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of a cupכּוֹסkôs · cupH3563
• a lilyשׁוּשַׁןshûshan shôshân shôshân shôshannâh · lilyH7799
• blossomפֶּ֫רַחperach · flowerH6525
• it could holdכּוּלkûl · to sustainH3557
• two thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• bathsבַּתbath · bathH1324

Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:26

• Jeremiah 52:21As for the pillars, the height of each pillar was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow.
• 1 Kings 7:19The capitals which were on the tops of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits.
• 1 Kings 6:18There was cedar inside the house, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; everything was cedar, there was no stone visible.
• 2 Chronicles 4:6He also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.
• 2 Chronicles 4:3Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the Sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece.
• 1 Kings 7:38And he made ten basins of bronze, each holding forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin.
• 2 Chronicles 4:5It was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold three thousand baths.
• Ezekiel 45:14and the prescribed portion of oil (namely, the bath of oil), a tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths are a homer);

Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The palm or hand-breadth seems to have a little exceeded three inches. With flowers of lilies - Rather, “in the shape of a lily flower.” The rim was slightly curved outward, like the rim of an ordinary drinking-cup, or the edge of a lily blossom. See 2 Chronicles 4:5 margin.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. 23-26The large bronze basin, known as the Sea, replaced the smaller bronze washbasin used in the tabernacle (see Exodus 30:17–21). The Sea was made as one solid piece, except for the twelve bronze oxen it rested on. These oxen faced in four directions, three per direction, possibly symbolizing the priests' service to all twelve tribes of Israel. Later, Ahaz replaced the oxen with a stone base (2 Kings 16:17). Like the earlier washbasin, priests used the Sea…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2623-26. he made a molten sea--In the tabernacle was no such vessel; the laver served the double purpose of washing the hands and feet of the priests as well as the parts of the sacrifices. But in the temple there were separate vessels provided for these offices. (See on 2Ch 4:6). The molten sea was an immense semicircular vase, measuring seventeen and a half feet in diameter, and being eight and three-fourths feet in depth. This, at three and a half inches…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 7:26

• Art
• Bath
• Brass
• Carving
• Chapiter
• Cup
• Handbreadth
• Hiram
• Lily
• Master Workman
• Measure
• Mechanic
• Temple

In the dictionaries

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• Sea, The molten
• Solomon
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• Ahaz

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