1 Kings 7:19

The crowns on the tops of the pillars were ornamented with a design of flowers, and were four cubits across.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

In Context

18And he made ornaments of apples; and two lines of apples all round over the network, covering the crowns of the pillars, the two crowns in the same way.

20And there were crowns on the two pillars near the round part by the network, and there were two hundred apples in lines round every crown.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:32On the olive-wood doors were cut designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, all of them, with the doors, plated with gold.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:14-48

13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars:… Read the whole commentary →

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