1 Kings 7:22

22 The capitals were in the shape of lilies.

1 Kings 7:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:22

And upon the top of the pillars was lily work
Which seems to be repeated from ( 1 Kings 7:19 ) and confirms that:

and so was the work of the pillars finished;
in the manner described.

1 Kings 7:22 In-Context

21 He set the pillars up in the entrance porch to The Temple; the pillar to the south he named Security (Jachin) and the pillar to the north Stability (Boaz).
22 The capitals were in the shape of lilies.
23 Hiram's next project was to make the Sea - an immense round basin of cast metal fifteen feet in diameter, seven and a half feet tall, and forty-five feet in circumference.
24 Just under the rim there were two bands of decorative gourds, ten gourds to each foot and a half. The gourds were cast in one piece with the Sea.
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