Old Testament

1 Kings 7:15-22
The Large Bronze Pillars
15He cast two bronze pillars, each twenty-seven feet tall. Their circumference was eighteen feet.
16He made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars. The height of one capital was seven and a half feet, and the height of the other capital was seven and a half feet. 17The capitals that sat on top of the pillars were decorated with a latticework of interwoven chains. There were seven rows of decoration on one capital and seven rows on the other capital. 18This is how he made the pillars: He made two rows of pomegranates to go above the latticework on the capitals that were on top of the pillars.[] He did this for each pillar. 19The capitals that were on top of the pillars for the porch were shaped like lilies, six feet tall. 20On top of each pillar, above the bulge, beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranates arranged in rows all the way around.[]
21He set up the pillars on the porch of the temple building. He set up one pillar on the south and named it Jakin,[] and he set up the other pillar on the north and named it Boaz.[] 22The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. In this way the work for the pillars was finished.

Footnotes

  • 7:18 Pillars is the reading of the Syriac and many Hebrew manuscripts. Most Hebrew manuscripts read pomegranates.
  • 7:20 The meaning of this sentence is uncertain.
  • 7:21 Jakin means he establishes.
  • 7:21 Boaz means in him is strength.