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1 Kings 7:22 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 7 · verse 22
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.1 Kings 7:22 · King James Version
1 Kings 7:22 in context
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.
24And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- finishedtâmamto complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveH8552 →
- pillarsʻammûwda columnH5982 →
- lilyshûwshana lily , as aflower of architectural ornamentH7799 →
- workmaʻăsehan actionH4639 →
- workmᵉlâʼkâhproperly, deputyshipH4399 →
- toprôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
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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