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 7:19 in other translations
| BSB | And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high. |
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| WEB | The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits. |
| ASV | And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits. |
| YLT | And the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars are of lily-work in the porch, four cubits; |
| DARBY | And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work as in the porch, four cubits. |
| BBE | The crowns on the tops of the pillars were ornamented with a design of flowers, and were four cubits across. |
| Webster | And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work in the porch, four cubits. |
What does 1 Kings 7:19 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 7:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 7:19
- 1 Kings 6:18
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
- 1 Kings 6:32-35
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
- 1 Kings 7:22
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
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Context
- 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 7:20
And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
1 Kings 7:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los capiteles que estaban sobre las columnas en el pórtico, tenían labor de flores por cuatro codos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les chapiteaux qui étaient sur le sommet des colonnes étaient d’un ouvrage de lis, comme dans le portique, de quatre coudées. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kapitäle die auf der Spitze der Säulen waren, waren wie die Lilienarbeit in der Halle, vier Ellen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Capitella autem quæ erant super capita columnarum, quasi opere lilii fabricata erant in porticu quatuor cubitorum. |