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1 Kings 7:42

in 1 Kings 7

the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;

KJV

And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

This verse in 1 Kings 7

Commentary

1 note on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Tyrian artists are frequently mentioned by ancient authors as skilful artificers in fashioning and embossing metal cups and bowls; and we need not wonder, therefore, to find them employed by Solomon in making the golden and brazen utensils for his temple and palaces.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הָרִמֹּנִ֛יםthe pomegranates

    harimonimH7416 →32 times

  • אַרְבַּ֥עfour

    ʾarba'H702 →318 times

  • מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • לִשְׁתֵּ֣יfor [the] two

    lishteiH8147 →768 times

  • הַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹתthe networks

    hasevakhotH7639 →16 times

  • שְׁנֵֽי־two

    shenei-H8147 →768 times

  • טוּרִ֤יםrows

    turimH2905 →26 times

  • רִמֹּנִים֙pomegranates

    rimonimH7416 →32 times

  • לַשְּׂבָכָ֣ה[belonged] to the network

    lasevakhahH7639 →16 times

  • הָֽאֶחָ֔ת<the> one

    haechatH259 →971 times

  • לְכַסּ֗וֹתto cover

    lekhasotH3680 →152 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שְׁתֵּי֙[the] two

    sheteiH8147 →768 times

  • גֻּלֹּ֣ת[the] bowls of

    gulotH1543 →15 times

  • הַכֹּֽתָרֹ֔תthe capitals

    hakotarotH3805 →24 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[were] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of

    peneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃the pillars

    haamudimH5982 →111 times

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

The walk

4 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

    1 Kings 7:20

    On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 3:16

      He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.

    • 2 Chronicles 4:13

      the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

    • Jeremiah 52:22–23

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

    • 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.

Where this verse is studied

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.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.