1 Kings 7:19

19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits^[a] high.

1 Kings 7:19 in Other Translations

19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

19 Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits.

19 The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet tall.

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19 And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, six feet [high].

1 Kings 7:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:19

And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were
of lily work in the porch
Or such as was in the porch of the temple; the work was like that wrought in the form of the flower of lilies open:

four cubits;
of the five cubits of which the chapiters consisted, four of them were of lily work, the two rows of pomegranates taking up the other; though Dr. Lightfoot ^F15 thinks, that at the head of the pillar was a border or circle of lily work, that stood out four cubits under the chapiter, into and along the porch; a four cubit circle, after the manner of a spread lily.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Prospect of the Temple, c. 13. sect. 2. p. 1075.

1 Kings 7:19 In-Context

17 A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital.

18 He made pomegranates in two rows encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars. He did the same for each capital.

19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high.

20 On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around.

21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 6 feet or about 1.8 meters; also in verse 38