Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high. New Living Translation The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet tall. English Standard Version Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits. Berean Standard Bible And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high. King James Bible And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. New King James Version The capitals which were on top of the pillars in the hall were in the shape of lilies, four cubits. New American Standard Bible The capitals which were on the tops of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. NASB 1995 The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. NASB 1977 And the capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. Legacy Standard Bible Now the capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. Amplified Bible The capitals which were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work (design), four cubits. Christian Standard Bible And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, six feet high. Holman Christian Standard Bible And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, six feet high. American Standard Version And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And saplings that were upon the top of pillars, the work of lilies, and he made in the porch four cubits. Brenton Septuagint Translation And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of four cubits, Contemporary English Version The caps for the columns of the porch were almost two meters high and were shaped like lilies. Douay-Rheims Bible And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars, were of lily work in the porch, of four cubits. English Revised Version And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits. GOD'S WORD® Translation The capitals on top of the pillars in the entrance hall were lily-shaped. [Each] was six feet high. Good News Translation The capitals were shaped like lilies, 6 feet tall, International Standard Version The capitals on top of each pillar above the rounded latticework contained four cubits of lily designs, JPS Tanakh 1917 And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits. Literal Standard Version And the chapiters that [are] on the top of the pillars [are] of lily-work in the porch, four cubits; Majority Standard Bible And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high. New American Bible The capitals on top of the columns (in the porch) were made like lilies, four cubits high. NET Bible The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high. New Revised Standard Version Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits high. New Heart English Bible The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, six feet and eleven inches. Webster's Bible Translation And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work in the porch, four cubits. World English Bible The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits. Young's Literal Translation And the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars are of lily-work in the porch, four cubits; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Work of Hiram…18Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars. 19And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high. 20On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.… Cross References 1 Kings 7:18 Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars. 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. 1 Kings 7:22 And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed. Treasury of Scripture And the capitals that were on the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. lily work 1 Kings 7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. 1 Kings 6:18,32-35 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen… Jump to Previous Capitals Chapiters Crowns Cubits Design Flowers Four High Lily Ornamented Pillars Porch Portico Shape Top Tops Vestibule WorkJump to Next Capitals Chapiters Crowns Cubits Design Flowers Four High Lily Ornamented Pillars Porch Portico Shape Top Tops Vestibule Work1 Kings 7 1. The building of Solomon's house2. Of the house of Lebanon 6. Of the porch of pillars 7. Of the porch of judgment 8. Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter 13. Hiram's work of the two pillars, 23. Of the molten sea 27. Of the ten bases 38. Of the ten lavers 40. and all the vessels Verse 19. - And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars [It is difficult to believe that these words, which are identical with those in vers. 16, 17,18, can refer to a different - a second and superposed capital (Rawlinson), or to the entablature (Fergusson)] were of lily work [i.e., bassirelievi in imitation of flowering lilies. Probably the bowl-shaped chapiter was treated as a fullblown lily, just as the capitals of Egyptian pillars took the form of the lotus. The molten sea was similarly treated (ver. 26). The lily (שׁוּשַׁן), from שׁוּשׁ), to be white), was undoubtedly an emblem of purity. Bahr observes that it may justly be named "the flower of the promised land," and that as the lotus was the religious flower of the Indian and Egyptian religions, so was the lily of the Jewish] in the porch [These words, בָּאוּלָם, are very obscure. Keil understands" as in the hall" (cf. κατὰ τὸ αὐλὰμ, LXX.) But that idea would have been expressed by כָּאוּלָם, and nothing is said elsewhere about any lily work in the porch (Bahr). Ewald, too, thinks the decoration of the porch is referred to, and holds that a description of this lily work must once have preceded this statement, though it is now wanting. Thenius, al. suppose them to refer to the position of the pillars within the porch, and the "four cubits" mentioned presently, they take to indicate the diameter of the capitals. Wordsworth would render "inside or toward the porch," and understands that the lily work was only on the inside of the pillars. It is, perhaps, impossible to arrive at any certain conclusion], four cubits. [This may either mean that of five cubits (which was the height of the entire capital), four, and these the upper four (ver. 22), were covered with lily work, while one cubit at the bottom of the capital was ornamented with chain-work or festeons - we can hardly believe that nets, chains, and lily work were all combined in the same space, or it may refer to the position of the pillars in the portico.] Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And the capitalsוְכֹֽתָרֹ֗ת (wə·ḵō·ṯā·rōṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 3805: The capital of a, column atop רֹ֣אשׁ (rōš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7218: The head the pillars הָעַמּוּדִ֔ים (hā·‘am·mū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5982: A column, a stand, platform in the portico בָּֽאוּלָ֑ם (bā·’ū·lām) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 197: A vestibule were shaped מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה (ma·‘ă·śêh) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property like lilies, שׁוּשַׁ֣ן (šū·šan) Noun - common singular Strong's 7799: A lily, as a, flower of architectural ornament, a, trumpet four אַרְבַּ֖ע (’ar·ba‘) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 702: Four cubits [high]. אַמּֽוֹת׃ (’am·mō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base Links 1 Kings 7:19 NIV1 Kings 7:19 NLT 1 Kings 7:19 ESV 1 Kings 7:19 NASB 1 Kings 7:19 KJV 1 Kings 7:19 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 7:19 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 7:19 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 7:19 French Bible 1 Kings 7:19 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 7:19 The capitals that were on the top (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |