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1 Kings 7:42 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 7 · verse 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 context
40And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:
41The 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;
42And 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;
43And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
44And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pomegranatesrimmôwna pomegranate, the tree or the fruitH7416 →
- chapiterskôthereththe capital of a columnH3805 →
- networkssᵉbâkâha net-workH7639 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- pillarsʻammûwda columnH5982 →
- coverkâçâhproperly, to plumpH3680 →
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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