1 Kings 7:21-23

21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin^[a] and the one to the north Boaz.^[b]

22 The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed.

23 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits^[c] to measure around it.

1 Kings 7:21-23 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.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 6:3; 2 Chronicles 3:17
• 2. 2 Kings 25:17
• 3. ver 47; 2 Kings 25:13; 1 Chronicles 18:8; 2 Chronicles 4:18; Jeremiah 52:17; Revelation 4:6
• 4. Jeremiah 31:39; Zechariah 2:1

Footnotes

• [a]. "Jakin" probably means "he establishes."
• [b]. "Boaz" probably means "in him is strength."
• [c]. That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters