1 Kings 7:26 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 7:26

It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.

BSB

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ASV

And it was a handbreadth thick: and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.

KJV

And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Of the Temple of Solomon 2.19.8 (735)

For by the brim of a cup is expressed the taste of the Lord's passion, and by the leaf of a crisped lily the glory of his resurrection is openly revealed. For that the chalice of his passion is indicated in the cup is attested …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

The palm or hand-breadth seems to have a little exceeded three inches. With flowers of lilies - Rather, “in the shape of a lily flower.” The rim was slightly curved outward, like the rim of an ordinary drinking-cup, or the edge of a lily blossom. See 2Ch 4:5 margin.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָבְי֣וֹ	ve.'a.ve.Yo	and thickness its	H5672 →
טֶ֔פַח	Te.fach	[was] a hand breadth	H2947 →
וּשְׂפָת֛וֹ	u.se.fa.To	and lip its	H8193 →
כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה	ke.ma.'a.Seh	[was] like [the] work of	H4639 →
שְׂפַת־	se.fat-	[the] lip of	H8193 →
כּ֖וֹס	Kos	a cup	H3563 →
פֶּ֣רַח	Pe.rach	[the] blossom of	H6525 →
שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן	sho.Shan	lili[es]	H7799 →
אַלְפַּ֥יִם	'al.Pa.yim	two thousand	H505 →
בַּ֖ת	bat	bath[s]	H1324 →
יָכִֽיל׃ פ	ya.Khil	it contained	H3557 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
Jeremiah 52:21
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
leads to
- 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.
- 1 Kings 7:15–21
  He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
- 2 Chronicles 3:15–17
  In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
Through
1 Kings 7:38
He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:10
  They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Exodus 30:17–21
  And the LORD said to Moses,
- Zechariah 13:1
  “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
- Exodus 38:8
  Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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