1 Kings 7 · Verse 42

1 Kings 7:42

And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
1 Kings 7:42, King James Version

1 Kings 7:42 in other translations

BSBthe four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);
WEBthe four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
ASVand the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;
YLTand the pomegranates four hundred for the two nets, two rows of pomegranates for the one net, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that are on the front of the pillars;
DARBYand the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were upon the pillars;
BBEAnd the four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for every network, covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars;
WebsterAnd four hundred pomegranates for the two net-works, even two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;

What does 1 Kings 7:42 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:40-45

40-45. And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins--These verses contain a general enumeration of Hiram's works, as well as those already mentioned as other minor things. The Tyrian artists are frequently mentioned by ancient authors as skilful artificers in fashioning and embossing metal cups and bowls; and we need not wonder, therefore, to find them employed by Solomon in making the golden and…

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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…

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1 Kings 7:42 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָרִמֹּנִ֛יםha.ri.mo.Nimthe pomegranatesH7416
אַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'fourH702
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
לִשְׁתֵּ֣יlish.Teifor [the] twoH8147
הַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹתha.se.va.Khotthe networksH7639
שְׁנֵֽי\־she.nei-twoH8147
טוּרִ֤יםtu.RimrowsH2905
רִמֹּנִים֙ri.mo.NimpomegranatesH7416
לַשְּׂבָכָ֣הla.se.va.Khah[belonged] to the networkH7639
הָֽאֶחָ֔תha.'e.Chat<the> oneH259
לְכַסּ֗וֹתle.kha.Sotto coverH3680
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁתֵּי֙she.Tei[the] twoH8147
גֻּלֹּ֣תgu.Lot[the] bowls ofH1543
הַכֹּֽתָרֹ֔תha.ko.ta.Rotthe capitalsH3805
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[were] onH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
הָעַמּוּדִֽים\׃ha.'a.mu.Dimthe pillarsH5982

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 7:42

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the pillars. Heb. the face of the pillars.
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Context

  • 1 Kings 7:41

    The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

  • 1 Kings 7:42

    And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

  • 1 Kings 7:43

    And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

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1 Kings 7:42 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y cuatrocientas granadas para las dos redes, dos órdenes de granadas en cada red, para cubrir los dos vasos redondos que estaban sobre las cabezas de las columnas;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et les 400 grenades pour les deux réseaux, deux rangs de grenades à un réseau, pour couvrir les deux globes des chapiteaux qui étaient sur le sommet des colonnes;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und die vierhundert Granatäpfel zu den beiden Netzwerken: zwei Reihen Granatäpfel zu jedem Netzwerk, zur Bedeckung der beiden krugförmigen Kapitäle, die oben auf den Säulen waren;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et malogranata quadringenta in duobus retiaculis: duos versus malogranatorum in retiaculis singulis, ad operiendos funiculos capitellorum qui erant super capita columnarum.