1 Kings 7:26
And, the thickness thereof, was a hand breadth, and, the brim thereof, was like the brim-work of a cup, of lily-blossoms,—two thousand baths, did it contain.
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1 Kings 6:32The two doors, also were of olive-wood, and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim, and palm-trees, and festoons of flowers, and overlaid them with gold,—yea he spread out, over the cherubim and over the palm-trees, the gold.
1 Kings 7:19And, the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars, were of lily work, in span, four cubits.
2 Chronicles 4:5And, the thickness thereof, was a hand-breadth, and, the brim thereof, was like the brim-work of a cup, with blossoms of lilies,—it could hold [many] baths, three thousand, would it contain.
Ezekiel 45:11the ephah and the bath of one fixed measure, shall be, to contain the tenth of a homer, the bath,—and the tenth of a homer, the ephah, unto the homer, shall be the proportion thereof;
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 →