New English Translation
1 Kings 7:19
19The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high.
1 Kings 7:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
- New International Version (NIV)The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The capitals which were on top of the pillars in the hall were in the shape of lilies, four cubits.
Context of 1 Kings 7:19
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. 18When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar. The 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. 21He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right side and called it Jakin; he erected the other pillar on the left side and called it Boaz.
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וְכֹֽתָרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה שׁוּשַׁ֣ן בָּֽאוּלָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֖ע אַמּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the chapitersכֹּתֶ֫רֶתkôthereth · capitalH3805
- upon the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
- of the pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
- of lilyשׁוּשַׁןshûshan shôshân shôshân shôshannâh · lilyH7799
- workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
- in the porchאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · PorticoH197
- fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:19
Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19There is a cornice of (so-called) lilywork at Persepolis, consisting of three ranges of broadish rounded leaves, one over the other. Lilies are also represented with much spirit on a bas-relief from Koyunjik.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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