KJV King James Version
[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;
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Chronicles 4:12
[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;
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
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;
WEB World English Bible
the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
ASV American Standard Version
the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that are on the heads of the pillars;
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 4
9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
12 [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;
13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which [were] upon the pillars.
14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עַמּוּדִ֣יםH5982 · am.mudpillarשְׁנַ֔יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoוְהַגֻּלּ֧וֹתH1543 · gul.lahbowlוְהַכֹּתָר֛וֹתH3805 · ko.te.retcapitalעַל־H5921 · aluponרֹ֥אשׁH7218 · roshheadהָעַמּוּדִ֖יםH5982 · am.mudpillarשְׁתָּ֑יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoוְהַשְּׂבָכ֣וֹתH7639 · se.va.khahlatticeworkשְׁתַּ֔יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoלְכַסּ֗וֹתH3680 · ka.sahto coverאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁתֵּי֙H8147 · she.na.yimtwoגֻּלּ֣וֹתH1543 · gul.lahbowlהַכֹּֽתָר֔וֹתH3805 · ko.te.retcapitalאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichעַל־H5921 · aluponרֹ֥אשׁH7218 · roshheadהָֽעַמּוּדִֽים׃H5982 · am.mudpillar
Cross-references
1 Kings 7:41The two pillars, and the [two] bowls of the chapiters that [were] on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars;2 Chronicles 3:15-17Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits.
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