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1 Kings 7:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" So he made the pillars; and there were two rows of pomegranates around the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and he did so for the other capital. "
1 Kings 7:18
Verse in Context
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16 He made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
17 There were nets of checker work and wreaths of chain work for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
18 So he made the pillars; and there were two rows of pomegranates around the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and he did so for the other capital.
19 The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.
20 There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in rows around the other capital.
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1 Kings 7:1
"Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house."
1 Kings 7:2
"For he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars."
1 Kings 7:3
"It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row."
1 Kings 7:4
"There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks."
1 Kings 7:5
"All the doors and posts were made square with beams; and window was facing window in three ranks."
1 Kings 7:6
"He made the hall of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them."
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