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1 Kings 7:17

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For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

KJV

And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

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This verse in 1 Kings 7

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Of the Temple of Solomon 2.18.10 · Written before 735.

For the number seven is conventionally used to denote the grace of the Holy Spirit, as attested in the Apocalypse by John, who, after saying that he had seen "the lamb with seven horns and seven eyes," went on to add, by way of explanation, …

This site's exposition

two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high

on 1 Kings 7:15-22

The pillar to the south is Jachin, meaning he will establish, and the pillar to the north is Boaz, meaning in him is strength. Boaz is also the name of Ruth’s redeemer in David’s line. The book of 2 Kings 25:13-17 records these pillars broken and carried to Babylon.

This site's exposition

seven for each capital

Albert Barnes reads the lattice as a fine network over each capital, and he prefers the Septuagint, which gives one network in place of seven. John Gill keeps the seven. Bede reads seven as the grace of the Spirit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars,.... These were the ornaments of the chapiters; the former being like thick branches of trees, with their boughs and leaves curiously wrought, as the word signifies, and the latter like fringes, such as the Jews wore at the skirt of their garments: seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter; perhaps with four rows of checker work, and three of chain work.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Nets ... - Rather “Nets chequerwise, and festoons chainwise,” - probably a fine network over the whole, and chainwork hanging in festoons outside. Seven for the one chapiter - The Septuagint reading is preferable. “A net for the one chapiter and a net for the other chapiter.” Compare 1Ki 7:41.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits high--They were made of the brass (bronze) which was taken from the king of Zobah (1Ch 18:8). In 2Ch 3:15 they are said to have been thirty-five cubits high. There, however, their joint lengths are given; whereas here the length of the pillars is given separately.

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The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • שְׂבָכִ֞יםnetworks

    sevakhimH7639 →16 times

  • מַעֲשֵׂ֣הwork of

    maasehH4639 →236 times

  • שְׂבָכָ֗הa network

    sevakhahH7639 →16 times

  • גְּדִלִים֙festoons

    gedilimH1434 →

  • מַעֲשֵׂ֣הwork of

    maasehH4639 →236 times

  • שַׁרְשְׁר֔וֹתchains

    sharsherotH8333 →

  • לַכֹּ֣תָרֹ֔ת[belonged] to the capitals

    lakotarotH3805 →24 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[were] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • רֹ֣אשׁ[the] top of

    roshH7218 →599 times

  • הָעַמּוּדִ֑יםthe pillars

    haamudimH5982 →111 times

  • שִׁבְעָה֙seven

    shivahH7651 →394 times

  • לַכֹּתֶ֣רֶתfor the capital

    lakoteretH3805 →24 times

  • הָאֶחָ֔ת<the> one

    haechatH259 →971 times

  • וְשִׁבְעָ֖הand seven

    veshivahH7651 →394 times

  • לַכֹּתֶ֥רֶתfor the capital

    lakoteretH3805 →24 times

  • הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃<the> second

    hashenitH8145 →156 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The walk

7 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 25:17

    Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 7:15–22

      He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

    • Jeremiah 52:21–23

      Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

  • Through

    Exodus 28:14

    and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 39:15

      For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

    • Exodus 28:22–25

      For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.

    • 2 Chronicles 4:12–13

      the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

    • 2 Kings 25:17

      Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.

    • Exodus 39:17–18

      Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

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About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 2.18.10; F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.

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