1 Kings 7:18
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.
1 Kings 7:18 in other translations
| BSB | Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars. |
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| WEB | So he made the pillars; and there were two rows of pomegranates around the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and he did so for the other capital. |
| ASV | So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital. |
| YLT | And he maketh the pillars, and two rows round about on the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that are on the top, with the pomegranates, and so he hath made for the second chapiter. |
| DARBY | And he made pomegranates, namely two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars; and so he did for the other capital. |
| BBE | And he made ornaments of apples; and two lines of apples all round over the network, covering the crowns of the pillars, the two crowns in the same way. |
| Webster | And he made the pillars, and two rows around upon the one net-work, to cover the capitals that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so he did for the other capital. |
What does 1 Kings 7:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:15-22
15-22. 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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 7:13-47
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…
1 Kings 7:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 7:18
- Exodus 39:15-18
And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
- Exodus 28:14
And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
- Exodus 28:24-25
And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
- Exodus 28:22
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
- 2 Kings 25:17
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
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Context
- 1 Kings 7:17
And 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 7:18
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.
- 1 Kings 7:19
And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
1 Kings 7:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cuando hubo hecho las columnas, hizo también dos órdenes de granadas alrededor en el un enredado, para cubrir los capiteles que estaban en las cabezas de las columnas con las granadas: y de la misma forma hizo en el otro capitel. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il fit aussi des grenades, savoir deux rangées à l’entour, sur un réseau, pour couvrir les chapiteaux qui étaient sur le sommet des colonnes; et il en fit de même pour l’autre chapiteau. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er machte Granatäpfel, und zwar zwei Reihen ringsum, über das eine Netzwerk, zur Bedeckung der Kapitäle, die auf der Spitze der Säulen waren; und ebenso machte er es an dem anderen Kapitäl. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et perfecit columnas, et duos ordines per circuitum retiaculorum singulorum, ut tegerent capitella quæ erant super summitatem, malogranatorum: eodem modo fecit et capitello secundo. |