1 Kings 7:17 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 7:17

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

BSB

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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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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Of the Temple of Solomon 2.18.10 (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, …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שְׂבָכִ֞ים	se.va.Khim	networks	H7639 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה	ma.'a.Seh	work of	H4639 →
שְׂבָכָ֗ה	se.va.Khah	a network	H7639 →
גְּדִלִים֙	ge.di.Lim	festoons	H1434 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה	ma.'a.Seh	work of	H4639 →
שַׁרְשְׁר֔וֹת	shar.she.Rot	chains	H8333 →
לַכֹּ֣תָרֹ֔ת	la.Ko.ta.Rot	[belonged] to the capitals	H3805 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[were] on	H5921 →
רֹ֣אשׁ	rosh	[the] top of	H7218 →
הָעַמּוּדִ֑ים	ha.'a.mu.Dim	the pillars	H5982 →
שִׁבְעָה֙	shiv.'Ah	seven	H7651 →
לַכֹּתֶ֣רֶת	la.ko.Te.ret	for the capital	H3805 →
הָאֶחָ֔ת	ha.'e.Chat	<the> one	H259 →
וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה	ve.shiv.'Ah	and seven	H7651 →
לַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת	la.ko.Te.ret	for the capital	H3805 →
הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃	ha.she.Nit	<the> second	H8145 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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.
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.
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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