The cedar panelling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
1 Kings 7:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, 1.8 metres high. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work [design], four cubits. American Standard Version (1901) And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits. Common English Bible The capitals on top of the columns in the porch were made like lilies, each six feet high. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the heads that were at the top of the columns, in the portico of four cubits, had been fabricated with a work of lilies. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars, were of lily-work in the porch, of four cubits. |
The cedar panelling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
He made the pillars with two encircling rows of pomegranates on the one grating to cover the capital on top; he did the same for the second capital.
The capitals on the two pillars were also immediately above the rounded surface next to the grating, and two hundred pomegranates were in rows encircling each capital.
The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. Then the work of the pillars was completed.