1 Kings 7:22

1 Kings 7:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies. So the work of the pillars was finished.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The capitals on the pillars were shaped like water lilies. And so the work on the pillars was finished.

Context of 1 Kings 7:22

20On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around. 21He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz. The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed. 23He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. 24Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

1 Kings 7:22 word by word

וְעַ֛ל רֹ֥אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן וַתִּתֹּ֖ם מְלֶ֥אכֶת הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And upon the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of the pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• lilyשׁוּשַׁןshûshan shôshân shôshân shôshannâh · lilyH7799
• workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• so was the workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• finishedתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552

Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:22

• 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 7:22

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

In the dictionaries

• Lily-Work
• Jachin and Boaz
• Light
• Lily
• Phenicia
• Sea
• Solomon
• Unweighed
• Architecture
• House

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