열왕기상 7:17-21 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 7:13-47

We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, 1 Chron. 29:2. What those things were we are not told, but some of the things of brass are here described and the rest mentioned. I. The brasier whom Solomon employed to preside in this part of the work was Hiram, or Huram (2 Chron. 4:11), who was by his mother's side an Israelite, of the tribe of Naphtali, by his father's side a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:17

And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars ,.... These were the ornaments of the chapiters; the former being like thick branches of trees, with their boughs and leaves curiously wrought, as the word signifies, and the latter like fringes, such as the Jews wore at the skirt of their garments: seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter ; perhaps with four rows of checker work, and three of chain work. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:18

And he made the pillars ,.... Or adorned them in this manner: and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates ; that is, there were two rows of figures like pomegranates upon the net or branch work that covered the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars; and Kimchi owns, that some copies so read, on the top of the pillars, instead of pomegranates, though he thinks it a mistake: and so did he for the other chapiter ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:19

And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch ,.... Or such as was in the porch of the temple; the work was like that wrought in the form of the flower of lilies open: four cubits ; of the five cubits of which the chapiters consisted, four of them were of lily work, the two rows of pomegranates taking up the other; though Dr. Lightfoot F15 Prospect of the Temple, c. 13. sect. 2. p. 1075. thinks, that at the head of the pillar was a border or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:20

And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network ,.... The supplement is needless, according to Dr. Lightfoot; the sense being only, that the chapiters were above the lily work, which wrought out as far as the belly of the chapiters, or the middle cubit of them, which the pomegranates filled up: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon the other chapiter : there were so many in each, which in all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:21

And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple ,.... Not at the door or entrance into the temple, as Jarchi, but at the entrance into the porch: and he set up the right pillar ; or the pillar on the right hand as you went in, which was on the north, the front being east: and called the name thereof Jachin ; which signifies "he will establish", i.e. the house to which here was an entrance, so long as the pure worship of God should continue in it: and he set up the left pillar... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 7:21

The right pillar - Jachin - That is, He shall establish. The left pillar - Boaz, that is, in strength. These were no doubt emblematical; for notwithstanding their names, they seem to have supported no part of the building. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:15-22

The Pillars of Brass. If, as some think, the importance of any Scripture subject is to be gauged by the space assigned to it in the sacred page, then surely the fact that eight long verses of this chapter are occupied with the description of these two columns and their capitals proves, first, their importance in the eyes of Jewish writers, and, secondly, that they must have a significance for the minds of Christian readers. But the importance of these monuments (which is also attested ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:17

And nets [Gesen; lattice; Keil, plait. "It seems almost in vain to try and speculate on what was the exact form of the decoration of these celebrated pillars. The nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, etc; are all features applicable to metal architecture; and though we know that the old Tartar races did use metal architecture everywhere, and especially in bronze, from the very nature of the material, every specimen has perished, and we have now no representations from which we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:18

And he made the pillars [There is evidently a confusion of the text here. Probably we should read, with some MSS . הרמנים , the pomegranates (so LXX .), instead of העמודים , or rather, we should transpose the two words, reading pomegranates where the Masoretic text has pillars, and vice versa. "The pomegranate was one of the commonest ornaments of Assyria.… It is doubtful whether a symbolical meaning was attached to it, or whether it was merely selected as a beautiful... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 7:13-47

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 7:21

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:18

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