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 there were gourds encircling it, ten per cubit, completely surrounding the sea. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with it. 25It stood 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 were inward. It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the petals of a lily; it held 11,000 gallons. 27Then he made ten bases of bronze—the length of each base was four cubits, the width four cubits and the height three cubits. 28The structure of the bases was as follows: they had borders, and borders between the frames,

1 Kings 7:26 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• an hand breadthטֶ֫פַחţêphach · handbreadthH2947
• thickעֲבִי‛ăbîy ‛ŏbîy · thicknessH5672
• and the brimשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: edgeH8193
• thereof was wroughtמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of a cupכּוֹסkôs · cupH3563
• with flowersפֶּ֫רַחperach · flowerH6525
• of liliesשׁוּשַׁןshûshan shôshân shôshân shôshannâh · lilyH7799
• it containedכּוּלkûl · to sustainH3557
• two thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• bathsבַּתbath · bathH1324

Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:26

• Jeremiah 52:21The height of one pillar was 18 cubits and it was twelve cubits in circumference and four fingers in its thickness—it was hollow.
• 1 Kings 7:19The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the portico were of lily design, four cubits high.
• 1 Kings 6:18The cedar of the interior of the House was carved as gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was visible.
• 2 Chronicles 4:6He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the right side and five on the left. In them the items used for the burnt offering were rinsed, but the kohanim washed in “the Sea”.
• 2 Chronicles 4:3Beneath it, figures like bulls were set all around it, ten cubits encircling the Sea. The bulls were in two rows, cast in one piece with it.
• 1 Kings 7:38Then he made ten basins of bronze: one basin held 220 gallons. Each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten bases was one basin.
• 2 Chronicles 4:5It was a handbreadth thick, and the brim was like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held 3,000 vats.
• Ezekiel 45:14along with the set portion of oil—a bath of oil—as the tithe of the bath for each kor, which is ten baths (or a homer, since 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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• Laver
• Light
• Lily
• Lip
• Sea
• Sea, The molten
• Solomon
• Unweighed
• 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