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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 7:19 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 7:19 |
King James |
And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| lily work--beautiful ornaments, resembling the stalks, leaves, and blossoms of lilies--of large dimensions, as suited to the height of their position. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| There is a cornice of (so-called) lilywork at Persepolis, consisting of three ranges of broadish rounded leaves, one over the other. Lilies are also represented with much spirit on a bas-relief from Koyunjik. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Lilly work - Made like the leaves of lillies. In the porch - Or, as in the porch; such work as there was in the porch of the temple, in which these pillars were set, Kg1 7:21, that so the work of the tops of these pillars might agree with that in the top of the porch. |
21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.