the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars,
Parallel translations
- WEB the two pillars, the bowls, the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
- KJV To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
- BSB 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;
- NKJV the two pillars and the bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars;
- NLT the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;
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Quick answer
The list includes the two pillars, their bowl-shaped capitals, and the networks covering them. The major bronze works are itemized.
Overview
The Chronicler enumerates Huram's principal works, beginning with the prominent pillars and their decorated capitals. Such inventories testify to the careful record of the temple's furnishings. The detailed accounting underscores the value and permanence of what was made for God's worship.
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Cross-references · 2
- 1 Kgs 7:41the two pillars; the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
- 2 Chr 3:15–17Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits height, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
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