New English Translation
1 Kings 7:18
18When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar.
1 Kings 7:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
- New International Version (NIV)He made pomegranates in two rows encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars. He did the same for each capital.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Likewise he made pomegranates in two rows around the one latticework to cover the capital that was on the top of the pillar, and he did the same with the other capital.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So he made the pillars, and two rows of pomegranates above the network all around to cover the capitals that were on top; and thus he did for the other capital.
Context of 1 Kings 7:18
16He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. 17The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments. When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar. 19The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high. 20On the top of each pillar, right above the bulge beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around.
Read all of 1 Kings 71 Kings 7:18 word by word
וַיַּ֖עַשׂ אֶת־הָעַמּוּדִ֑ים וּשְׁנֵי֩ טוּרִ֨ים סָבִ֜יב עַל־הַשְּׂבָכָ֣ה הָאֶחָ֗ת לְכַסּ֤וֹת אֶת־הַכֹּֽתָרֹת֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָֽרִמֹּנִ֔ים וְכֵ֣ן עָשָׂ֔ה לַכֹּתֶ֖רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- the pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
- and twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- rowsטוּרţûr · rowH2905
- round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- upon the oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- networkשְׂבָכָהώebâkâh · latticeworkH7639
- to coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
- the chapitersכֹּתֶ֫רֶתkôthereth · capitalH3805
- upon the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
- with pomegranatesרִמּוֹןrimmôn rimmôn · pomegranateH7416
- and so didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- he for the otherשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:18
- Exodus 28:14and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.
- Exodus 39:15They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,
- 2 Kings 25:17Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The pomegranate was one of the most common ornaments in Assyria. It was used on quivers, on spear-shafts, and maceheads, in patterns on doorways and pavements, etc. It is doubtful whether a symbolic meaning was attached to it, or whether it was merely selected as a beautiful natural form.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
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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
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