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1 Kings 7:18-28

Listen to 1 Kings 7:18-28
18 He made the pillars with two encircling rows of pomegranates on the one grating to cover the capital on top; he did the same for the second capital.
19 And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, six feet[a] [high].
20 The capitals on the two pillars were also immediately above the rounded surface next to the grating, and 200 pomegranates were in rows encircling each[b] capital.
21 He set up the pillars at the portico of the sanctuary: he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin;[c] then he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz.[d]
22 The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. Then the work of the pillars was completed.[e]

The Reservoir

23 He made the cast [metal] reservoir,[f] 15 feet[g] from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was seven and a half feet[h] high and 45 feet[i] in circumference.
24 [Ornamental] gourds encircled it below the brim, 10 every half yard,[j] completely encircling the reservoir. The gourds were cast in two rows when the reservoir was cast.
25 It stood on 12 oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The reservoir was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center.
26 The reservoir was three inches[k] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom. It held 11,000 gallons.[l][m]

The Bronze Water Carts

27 Then he made 10 bronze water carts.[n] Each water cart was six feet[o] long, six feet[p] wide, and four and a half feet[q] high.
28 This was the design of the carts: They had frames; the frames were between the cross-pieces,

1 Kings 7:18-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7

This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.

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Footnotes 17

  • [a] Lit four cubits
  • [b] Lit encircling the second
  • [c] He will establish
  • [d] In Him is strength
  • [e] 2 Kg 25:17; 2 Ch 3:15-17; Jr 52:21-23
  • [f] Lit sea
  • [g] Lit 10 cubits
  • [h] Lit five cubits
  • [i] Lit 30 cubits
  • [j] Lit 10 per cubit
  • [k] Lit a handbreadth
  • [l] Lit 2,000 baths
  • [m] 2 Ch 4:2-5
  • [n] Lit bronze stands
  • [o] Lit four cubits
  • [p] Lit four cubits
  • [q] Lit three cubits
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved.

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