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1 Kings 7:21 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 7 · verse 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 7:21 · King James Version
1 Kings 7:21 in context
19And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
23And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pillarsʻammûwda columnH5982 →
- templehêykâla large public building, such as a palace or templeH1964 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- JachinYâkîynJakin, the name of three Israelites and of a temple pillarH3199 →
- porchʼûwlâma vestibuleH197 →
- rightyᵉmânîyrightH3233 →
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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