1 Kings 7:26

And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
breadth	טֶ֔פַח Te.fach	H2947	a spread of the hand · noun, common masculine singular absolute
thick	וְעָבְי֣וֹ ve.'a.ve.Yo	H5672	density · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
brim	וּשְׂפָת֛וֹ u.se.fa.To	H8193	the lip (as a natural boundary) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
wrought	כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה ke.ma.'a.Seh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
brim	שְׂפַת se.fat-	H8193	the lip (as a natural boundary) · noun, common feminine singular construct
cup	כּ֖וֹס Kos	H3563	a cup (as a container) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
flowers	פֶּ֣רַח Pe.rach	H6525	a calyx (natural or artificial) · noun, common masculine singular construct
lilies	שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן sho.Shan	H7799	a lily (from its whiteness) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
contained	יָכִֽיל ya.Khil	H3557	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
thousand	אַלְפַּ֥יִם 'al.Pa.yim	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders dual absolute
baths	בַּ֖ת bat	H1324	a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of li… · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received a…
1 Kings 6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
1 Kings 6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with…
1 Kings 6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
1 Kings 7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
1 Kings 7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one…
Jeremiah 52:21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness th…
Ezekiel 45:14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; fo…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:13-47

We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, Ch1 29:2. What those things were we are not told, but some of the things of brass are here described and the rest mentioned. I. The brasier whom Solomon employed to preside in this part of the work was Hiram, or Huram (Ch2 4:11), who was by his mother's side an Israelite, of the tribe of Naphtali, by his father's side a man of Tyre, Kg1 7:14. If he had the ingenuity of a Tyrian, and the affection of an Israelite to the house of God (the head of a Tyrian and the heart of an Israelite), it was happy that the blood of the two nati…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:23

he made a molten sea--In the tabernacle was no such vessel; the laver served the double purpose of washing the hands and feet of the priests as well as the parts of the sacrifices. But in the temple there were separate vessels provided for these offices. (See on Ch2 4:6). The molten sea was an immense semicircular vase, measuring seventeen and a half feet in diameter, and being eight and three-fourths feet in depth. This, at three and a half inches in thickness, could not weigh less than from twenty-five to thirty tons in one solid casting--and held from sixteen thousand to twenty thousand gallons of water. [See on Ch2 4:3.] The brim was all carved with lily work or flowers; and oxen were ca…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 7:21

The right pillar - Jachin - That is, He shall establish. The left pillar - Boaz, that is, in strength. These were no doubt emblematical; for notwithstanding their names, they seem to have supported no part of the building.

John Gill on 1 Kings 7:26

And it was an hand breadth thick,.... Or four fingers, as in Jeremiah 52:21. and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies, embroidered and engraven on it for ornament sake: it contained 2,000 baths; which is reckoned about five hundred barrels of water; it was filled by the Gibeonites; in 2 Chronicles 4:5, it is said to receive and hold 3,000 baths, which the Jewish writers (s) thus reconcile; they suppose here it means so many baths of liquid, as the Targum expresses, there of dry measure, which might be heaped up, and so contain more; but as this was a vessel for water, and this distinction seems to answer no purpose, it may be better to observe, that…

The Church Fathers

For by the brim of a cup is expressed the taste of the Lord's passion, and by the leaf of a crisped lily the glory of his resurrection is openly revealed. For that the chalice of his passion is indicated in the cup is attested by the Lord, who on approaching his passion prayed to his Father, saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this chalice from me"; but the lily, which, in addition to the grace of a most pleasant fragrance, displayed a white color on the outside and a golden color on the inside, appositely suggests the glory of the resurrection of him who showed the disciples the immortality of his body externally and at the same time taught that there was within him a soul shining with divine light. One can also fittingly take the crisped lily as the "mediator of God and humankind" himself crowned with glory and honor on account of the suffering of his death, who prior to his passion was still, as it were, a closed lily and shone forth as an illustrious human being by reason of his signs and wonders, but after his resurrection and ascension showed himself to the citizens of the heavenly homeland a crisped lily because he showed forth in his assumed humanity the power of the divine glory that he had with the Father before the world was.
— Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 2.19.8

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Dictionary and topics

Bath — A Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (1 Kings 7:26, 38; Ezek. 45:10, 14). It contained 8 gallons 3 quarts of our measure. “Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath” (Isa. 5:10)…
Cup — A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament…
Laver — (Heb. kiyor), a “basin” for boiling in, a “pan” for cooking (1 Sam. 2:14), a “fire-pan” or hearth (Zech. 12:6), the sacred wash-bowl of the tabernacle and temple (Ex. 30:18, 28; 31:9; 35:16; 38:8;…
Lily — The Hebrew name shushan or shoshan, i.e., “whiteness”, was used as the general name of several plants common to Syria, such as the tulip, iris, anemone, gladiolus, ranunculus, etc. Some interpret it,…
Lip — Besides its literal sense (Isa. 37:29, etc.), is used in the original (saphah) metaphorically for an edge or border, as of a cup (1 Kings 7:26), a garment (Ex. 28:32), a curtain (26:4), the sea (Gen.…
Sea, Molten — In the place of the laver of the tabernacle Solomon caused a laver to be cast for a similar purpose, which from its size was called a sea. It was made partly or wholly of the brass, or rather copper,…
Sea, The molten — The great laver made by Solomon for the use of the priests in the temple, described in 1 Kings 7:23-26; 2 Chr. 4:2-5. It stood in the south-eastern corner of the inner court. It was 5 cubits high, 10…
Weights And Measures — A. WEIGHTS.—The general principle of the present inquiry is to give the evidence of the monuments the preference on all doubtful points. All ancient Greek systems of weight were derived, either…
Bath · three quarts — three quarts
Brass · .Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple — .Altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple

1 Kings 7:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:13-47

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:23

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 7:21

John Gill on 1 Kings 7:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 7:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:13-47

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 7:23

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 7:21

John Gill on 1 Kings 7:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 7:23-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 7:23-26

Rashi on 1 Kings 7:26