1 Kings 7:15-25

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,
20 and were placed on a rounded section which was above the chain design. There were 200 pomegranates in two rows around each capital.
21 Huram placed these two bronze columns in front of the entrance of the Temple: the one on the south side was named Jachin and the one on the north was named Boaz.
22 The lily-shaped bronze capitals were on top of the columns. And so the work on the columns was completed.
23 Huram made a round tank of bronze, 7 1/2 feet deep, 15 feet in diameter, and 45 feet in circumference.
24 All around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of bronze gourds, which had been cast all in one piece with the rest of the tank.
25 The tank rested on the backs of twelve bronze bulls that faced outward, three facing in each direction.

1 Kings 7:15-25 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.

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. [Some ancient translations] each one . . . circumference; [Hebrew] the first column was 27 feet tall and the second column was 18 feet in circumference.
  • [b]. [Verse 17 in Hebrew is unclear.]
  • [c]. [One ancient translation] each; [Hebrew] the second.
  • [d]. jachin: [This name sounds like the Hebrew for "he (God) establishes."]
  • [e]. boaz: [This name sounds like the Hebrew for "by his (God's) strength."]
  • [f]. [Probable text] All around . . . tank; [Hebrew unclear.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.