1 Kings 7:17

17 The top of each column was decorated with a design of interwoven chains

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 Huram cast two bronze columns, each one 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference, and placed them at the entrance of the Temple.
16 He also made two bronze capitals, each one 7 1/2 feet tall, to be placed on top of the columns.
17 The top of each column was decorated with a design of interwoven chains
18 and two rows of bronze pomegranates.
19 The capitals were shaped like lilies, 6 feet tall,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [Verse 17 in Hebrew is unclear.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.