1 Kings 7:19

19 The tops on the pillars of the porch were shaped like lilies. The lilies were 6 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 Chains that were linked together hung down from the tops of the pillars. There were seven chains for each top.

18 Huram made two rows of pomegranates. They circled the chains. The pomegranates decorated the tops of the pillars. Huram did the same thing for each pillar.

19 The tops on the pillars of the porch were shaped like lilies. The lilies were 6 feet high.

20 On the tops of both pillars were 200 pomegranates. They were in rows all around the tops. They were above the part that was shaped like a bowl. And they were next to the chains.

21 Huram set the pillars up at the temple porch. The pillar on the south he named Jakin. The one on the north he named Boaz.