1 Kings 7:19

19 The capitals on top of the columns in the porch were made like lilies, each six 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 He made an intricate network of chains for the capitals on top of the columns, seven for each capital.

18 He made the pillars and two rows of pomegranates for each network to adorn each of the capitals.

19 The capitals on top of the columns in the porch were made like lilies, each six feet high.

20 Above the round-shaped part and next to the network were two hundred pomegranates. These were placed in rows around both of the capitals on top of the columns.

21 He set up the columns at the temple's porch. He named the south column Jachin. The north column he named Boaz.