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1 Kings 7:15 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 7 · verse 15
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.1 Kings 7:15 · King James Version
1 Kings 7:15 in context
13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
14He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
15For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
16And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
17And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- eighteenshᵉmôneha cardinal number, eightH8083 →
- eighteenʻâsârtenH6240 →
- pillarsʻammûwda columnH5982 →
- cubitsʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
- apieceʼechâdproperly, unitedH259 →
- brassnᵉchôshethcopper, hence, something made of that metalH5178 →
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We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, Ch1 29:2. What those things were we are not told, but some of the things of brass are here described and the rest mentioned. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-47