1 Kings 7:15

1 Kings 7:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
• New International Version (NIV)He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.

Context of 1 Kings 7:15

13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 17And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

1 Kings 7:15 word by word

וַיָּ֛צַר אֶת־שְׁנֵ֥י הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים נְחֹ֑שֶׁת שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה אַמָּ֗ה קוֹמַת֙ הָעַמּ֣וּד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְחוּט֙ שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אַמָּ֔ה יָסֹ֖ב אֶת־הָעַמּ֥וּד הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• For he castצוּרtsûr · to formH6696
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• of brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• of eighteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• of eighteenשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• highקוֹמָהqômâh · heightH6967
• apieceאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• and a lineחוּטchûţ · threadH2339
• did compassסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• eitherשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145

Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:15

• 1 Kings 7:21And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
• 2 Kings 25:16The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of Yhwh; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
• 2 Chronicles 3:15Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
• 2 Chronicles 4:12To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
• Jeremiah 52:21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
• 2 Kings 25:13And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Yhwh, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of Yhwh, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15He cast two pillars - eighteen cubits high - That is, about thirty feet in English measure. A line of twelve cubits - In circumference. It would be difficult even now to procure a founder who could cast such massive pillars, whether solid or hollow.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15These famous pillars, which were broken in pieces by the Babylonians when they destroyed Jerusalem 2 Kings 25:13; Jeremiah 52:17, were probably for ornament, standing by themselves under or in front of the porch. It is certain that the Phoenicians used isolated metal columns as sacred ornaments, so that Hiram would be familiar with such a mode of ornamentation. Eighteen cubits appear to have been the height of the shaft only. Adding the capital 1 Kings…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 7:15

• Art
• Brass
• Carving
• Hiram
• Master Workman
• Mechanic
• Molding
• Pillar
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Jachin and Boaz
• Light
• Sea
• Solomon
• Unweighed
• Architecture
• Either
• House
• Kings, Books of
• Line

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