1 Kings 7:17

17 He made an intricate network of chains for the capitals on top of the columns, seven for each capital.

1 Kings 7:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:17

And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the
chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars
These were the ornaments of the chapiters; the former being like thick branches of trees, with their boughs and leaves curiously wrought, as the word signifies, and the latter like fringes, such as the Jews wore at the skirt of their garments:

seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter;
perhaps with four rows of checker work, and three of chain work.

1 Kings 7:17 In-Context

15 He cast two bronze pillars. Each one was twenty-seven feet high and required a cord of eighteen feet to reach around it.
16 He made two capitals of cast bronze for the tops of the columns. They were each seven and a half feet high.
17 He made an intricate network of chains for the capitals on top of the columns, seven for each capital.
18 He made the pillars and two rows of pomegranates for each network to adorn each of the capitals.
19 The capitals on top of the columns in the porch were made like lilies, each six feet high.
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