1 Kings 7:22
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
1 Kings 7:22 in other translations
| BSB | And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed. |
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| WEB | On the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished. |
| ASV | And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished. |
| YLT | and on the top of the pillars is lily-work; and the work of the pillars is completed. |
| DARBY | And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work; and the work of the pillars was finished. |
| BBE | The tops of the pillars had a design of flowers; and the work of making the pillars was complete. |
| Webster | And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished. |
What does 1 Kings 7:22 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 7:22 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Kings 7:21
And 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.
- 1 Kings 7:22
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
- 1 Kings 7:23
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
1 Kings 7:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y puso en las cabezas de las columnas labor en forma de azucenas; y así se acabó la obra de las columnas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et sur le sommet des colonnes, il y avait un ouvrage de lis. Et l’ouvrage des colonnes fut achevé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und auf der Spitze der Säulen war Lilienarbeit. Und so wurde das Werk der Säulen vollendet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et super capita columnarum opus in modum lilii posuit: perfectumque est opus columnarum. |