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1 Kings 7:17-19
Good News Translation
1 Kings 7:17-19
Good News Translation
17 The top of each column was decorated with a design of interwoven chains[a] 18 and two rows of bronze pomegranates.
19 The capitals were shaped like lilies, 6 feet tall,
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- 1 Kings 7:17 Verse 17 in Hebrew is unclear.
1 Kings 7:17-19
New International Version
1 Kings 7:17-19
New International Version
17 A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. 18 He made pomegranates in two rows[a] encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars.[b] He did the same for each capital. 19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits[c] high.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 7:18 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts made the pillars, and there were two rows
- 1 Kings 7:18 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts pomegranates
- 1 Kings 7:19 That is, about 6 feet or about 1.8 meters; also in verse 38
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