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decorated the capitals on top of the pillars);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, <i>even</i> two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that <i>were</i> upon the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that <i>were</i> on top of the pillars);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the four hundred pomegranates for the two lattices, two rows of pomegranates for each lattice to cover the two bowls of the capitals which <i>were</i> on the tops of the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which <i>were</i> on the tops of the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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 on the tops of the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the four hundred pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars );<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the 400 pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals&#8217 bowls on top of the pillars);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />400 pomegranates for the chain designs; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />400 pomegranates for the 2 sets of filigree <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />plus the 400 pomegranates for the two lattices (that is, the two rows of pomegranates for each lattice to cover the two bowls of the capitals that stood on top of the pillars), <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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 on the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And four hundred pomegranates for the two net-works, even two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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 on the pillars; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the four hundred pomegranates for the two nets (two rows of pomegranates for the one net to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that [are] on the front of the pillars);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the pomegranates four hundred for the two nets, two rows of pomegranates for the one net, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that are on the front of the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And four hundred pomegranates to the two nets, two rows of pomegranates to the one net, to cover the two globes of the crowns which were upon the face of the pillars;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks: two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the cords of the chapiters, which were upon the tops of the pillars. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two turnings of pomegranates for each network, in order to cover the cords of the heads, which were above the tops of the columns;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />four hundred pomegranates in double rows on both pieces of netting that covered the two nodes of the capitals on top of the columns;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And four hundred pomegranates for the two covers, two rows of pomegranates to cover each covering the two mouths of the bowls that are upon the top of the pillars<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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 top of the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The four hundred pomegranates for both the net-works, two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover both the wreathen works of the bases belonging to both pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/7-42.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=2720" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/7.htm">Completion of the Bronze Works</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">41</span>the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars; <span class="reftext">42</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: ’ar·ba‘ (Number-fs) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">the four</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">hundred</a> <a href="/hebrew/7416.htm" title="7416: hā·rim·mō·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A pomegranate. Or rimmon; from ramam; a pomegranate, the tree or the fruit.">pomegranates</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: liš·tê (Prep-l:: Number-fdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">for the two</a> <a href="/hebrew/7639.htm" title="7639: haś·śə·ḇā·ḵō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Latticework, network. Feminine of sabak; a net-work, i.e a snare, a ballustrade; also a reticulated ornament to a pillar.">sets of network</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê- (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">(two</a> <a href="/hebrew/2905.htm" title="2905: ṭū·rîm (N-mp) -- A row. From an unused root meaning to range in a regular manner; a row; hence, a wall.">rows</a> <a href="/hebrew/7416.htm" title="7416: rim·mō·nîm (N-mp) -- A pomegranate. Or rimmon; from ramam; a pomegranate, the tree or the fruit.">of pomegranates</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: hā·’e·ḥāṯ (Art:: Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">for each</a> <a href="/hebrew/7639.htm" title="7639: laś·śə·ḇā·ḵāh (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Latticework, network. Feminine of sabak; a net-work, i.e a snare, a ballustrade; also a reticulated ornament to a pillar.">network</a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: lə·ḵas·sō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">covering</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·tê (Number-fdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">both</a> <a href="/hebrew/1543.htm" title="1543: gul·lōṯ (N-fpc) -- A basin, bowl. Feminine from galal; a fountain, bowl or globe.">the bowl-shaped</a> <a href="/hebrew/3805.htm" title="3805: hak·kō·ṯā·rōṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Capital (of a pillar). Feminine active participle of kathar; the capital of a column.">capitals</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">atop</a> <a href="/hebrew/5982.htm" title="5982: hā·‘am·mū·ḏîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A pillar, column. Or ammud; from amad; a column; also a stand, i.e. Platform.">the pillars);</a> </span><span class="reftext">43</span>the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-12.htm">2 Chronicles 4:12-13</a></span><br />the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars; / 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);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-31.htm">Exodus 25:31-40</a></span><br />Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals. / Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. / There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/37-17.htm">Exodus 37:17-24</a></span><br />Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals. / Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other. / There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-18.htm">1 Kings 6:18</a></span><br />The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-29.htm">1 Kings 6:29</a></span><br />Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-32.htm">1 Kings 6:32</a></span><br />The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-35.htm">1 Kings 6:35</a></span><br />He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-20.htm">1 Kings 7:20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-26.htm">1 Kings 7:26</a></span><br />It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-49.htm">1 Kings 7:49</a></span><br />the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-5.htm">2 Chronicles 3:5</a></span><br />He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-16.htm">2 Chronicles 3:16</a></span><br />He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-21.htm">2 Chronicles 4:21</a></span><br />the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-22.htm">Jeremiah 52:22-23</a></span><br />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. / Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/4-2.htm">Zechariah 4:2-3</a></span><br />“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps. / There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/7-20.htm">Apples</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Bowls</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Bowl-Shaped</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Capitals</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Chapiters</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Cups</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Decorating</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-38.htm">Four</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-9.htm">Front</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-20.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-24.htm">Lines</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-20.htm">Net</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Nets</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Network</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-20.htm">Net-Work</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Networks</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Net-Works</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-20.htm">Pomegranates</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-24.htm">Rows</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Sets</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Top</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm">Tops</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/3-16.htm">Apples</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-45.htm">Bowls</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-12.htm">Bowl-Shaped</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-12.htm">Capitals</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-12.htm">Chapiters</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-7.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-7.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-50.htm">Cups</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-12.htm">Decorating</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-28.htm">Four</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-49.htm">Front</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-63.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-8.htm">Lines</a> <a href="/job/18-8.htm">Net</a> <a href="/job/22-10.htm">Nets</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-17.htm">Network</a> <a href="/songs/5-4.htm">Net-Work</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-12.htm">Networks</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-9.htm">Net-Works</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-12.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-17.htm">Pomegranates</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-16.htm">Rows</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-12.htm">Sets</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-19.htm">Top</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Tops</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/7-1.htm">The building of Solomon's house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/7-2.htm">Of the house of Lebanon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/7-6.htm">Of the porch of pillars</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/7-7.htm">Of the porch of judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/7-8.htm">Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/7-13.htm">Hiram's work of the two pillars,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">Of the molten sea</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/7-27.htm">Of the ten bases</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/7-38.htm">Of the ten lavers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/7-40.htm">and all the vessels</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The number four hundred signifies abundance and completeness, often seen in biblical numerology. Pomegranates are a symbol of fertility and prosperity, reflecting the blessings of God upon Israel. The "two sets of network" refer to the intricate latticework that adorned the temple pillars, showcasing the craftsmanship and attention to detail in the temple's construction. This design element is consistent with the ornate style of ancient Near Eastern architecture.<p><b>two rows of pomegranates for each network</b><br>The arrangement of pomegranates in two rows suggests a sense of order and symmetry, which is a recurring theme in the design of the temple. This meticulous organization reflects the divine order and harmony that the temple was meant to embody. The use of pomegranates in temple decoration is also seen in other parts of the temple, such as the priestly garments (<a href="/exodus/28-33.htm">Exodus 28:33-34</a>), indicating their significance in Israelite worship and culture.<p><b>covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars</b><br>The "bowl-shaped capitals" refer to the tops of the two bronze pillars, Jachin and Boaz, which stood at the entrance of the temple. These capitals were not only structural but also symbolic, representing strength and stability. The covering of the capitals with pomegranates and network highlights the beauty and grandeur of the temple, serving as a visual reminder of God's majesty. The pillars themselves can be seen as types of Christ, who is the foundation and support of the Church, providing strength and stability to His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The king of Israel who commissioned the building of the temple and his palace. He is known for his wisdom and wealth.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/hiram.htm">Hiram</a></b><br>A skilled craftsman from Tyre, hired by Solomon to create the bronze works for the temple, including the pomegranates mentioned in this verse.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/temple_of_solomon.htm">Temple of Solomon</a></b><br>The first temple in Jerusalem, a central place of worship for the Israelites, symbolizing God's presence among His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/pomegranates.htm">Pomegranates</a></b><br>A fruit often used in biblical symbolism, representing abundance, fertility, and the law due to its many seeds.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/pillars.htm">Pillars (Jachin and Boaz)</a></b><br>The two bronze pillars at the entrance of Solomon's Temple, adorned with intricate designs, including the pomegranates.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_pomegranates.htm">Symbolism of Pomegranates</a></b><br>Pomegranates in the temple symbolize God's provision and abundance. Reflect on how God provides for us today and how we can trust in His abundance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/artistry_and_craftsmanship.htm">Artistry and Craftsmanship</a></b><br>The detailed work of Hiram reflects the importance of using our God-given talents for His glory. Consider how you can use your skills to serve God and others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_worship.htm">Holiness and Worship</a></b><br>The temple's design, including the pomegranates, was meant to inspire awe and reverence. Evaluate how your worship practices reflect the holiness of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_memory.htm">Legacy and Memory</a></b><br>The pomegranates on the pillars were a lasting symbol of Israel's relationship with God. Think about the legacy of faith you are building for future generations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_jachin_and_boaz_pillars_confirmed.htm">2 Chronicles 3:15-17 - Is there any credible external confirmation that the pillars Jachin and Boaz actually existed as they are described?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_temple_details_in_2_chron._4_12-13_real.htm">Could the decorative details of the temple (2 Chronicles 4:12-13) realistically match ancient manufacturing capabilities, or are these descriptions exaggerated?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_pi_miscounted_in_1_kings_7_23.htm">Why does the Bible miscount the value of pi in 1 Kings 7:23?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_in_temples_(1_kings_8_13_acts_7_48).htm">Does God dwell in temples? (1 Kings 8:13 vs. Acts 7:48)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 42.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And four hundred pomegranates</span> [Heb. <span class="accented">the pomegranates</span>, 400] <span class="cmt_word">for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the</span> pillars [Heb. <span class="accented">upon the face of the pillars</span>]. A chapiter could hardly be correctly described as <span class="hebrew">עַל־פְּנֵי הע</span>. It is probable that this is a clerical error, and that we should read <span class="hebrew">עַל־פְּנֵי הע</span> (Bahr, Keil), "upon the <span class="accented">two</span> pillars." So LXX. <span class="greek">ἐπ ἀμφοτέροις κ.τ.λ.</span> This is a more likely emendation than <span class="hebrew">עַל רלֺאשׁ</span>. It is true thin latter is the reading of some MSS., and is followed by the Syr. and Vulg., but it can easily be accounted for, being a repetition of the last words of ver. 41, while it fails to account, as the first named emendation does, for the <span class="hebrew">עַל־פְנֵי</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/7-42.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">the four</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבַּ֥ע</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> </span><span class="str2">Four</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hundred</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵא֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hundred</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pomegranates</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִמֹּנִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rim·mō·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7416.htm">Strong's 7416: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pomegranate, the tree, the fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the two</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁתֵּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(liš·tê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Number - fdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sets of network</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śə·ḇā·ḵō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7639.htm">Strong's 7639: </a> </span><span class="str2">A net-work, a snare, a ballustrade, a reticulated ornament to a, pillar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">(two</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rows</span><br /><span class="heb">טוּרִ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(ṭū·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2905.htm">Strong's 2905: </a> </span><span class="str2">A row, a wall</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of pomegranates</span><br /><span class="heb">רִמֹּנִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(rim·mō·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7416.htm">Strong's 7416: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pomegranate, the tree, the fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for each</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֶחָ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’e·ḥāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">network</span><br /><span class="heb">לַשְּׂבָכָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(laś·śə·ḇā·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7639.htm">Strong's 7639: </a> </span><span class="str2">A net-work, a snare, a ballustrade, a reticulated ornament to a, pillar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">covering</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכַסּ֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵas·sō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To plump, fill up hollows, to cover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">both</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁתֵּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(šə·tê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - fdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the bowl-shaped</span><br /><span class="heb">גֻּלֹּ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(gul·lōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1543.htm">Strong's 1543: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fountain, bowl, globe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">capitals</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּֽתָרֹ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·ṯā·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3805.htm">Strong's 3805: </a> </span><span class="str2">The capital of a, column</span><br /><br /><span class="word">atop</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the pillars);</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘am·mū·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5982.htm">Strong's 5982: </a> </span><span class="str2">A column, a stand, platform</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/7-42.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 7:42 And the four hundred pomegranates (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/7-41.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 7:41"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 7:41" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/7-43.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 7:43"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 7:43" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>