The Meaning of 1 Kings 7:42 Explained

1 Kings 7:42

KJV: And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

YLT: and the pomegranates four hundred for the two nets, two rows of pomegranates for the one net, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that are on the front of the pillars;

Darby: and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were upon the pillars;

ASV: and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And four  hundred  pomegranates  for the two  networks,  [even] two  rows  of pomegranates  for one  network,  to cover  the two  bowls  of the chapiters  that [were] upon  the pillars; 

What does 1 Kings 7:42 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 7:40-51 - Vessels Of Brass And Of Gold
As we pass from the outward to the inward part of the sanctuary, brass gives place to gold. The nearer we come to God's throne in the Holy of Holies, the more costly and magnificent everything must become. Even snuffers, hinges, and spoons must be of gold. God's highest service calls for our best in the least things that pertain to it.
The enumeration of ornaments and utensils in brass and gold, leads to the announcement that Solomon gave up counting the weight, and that the weight of the brass could not be found out. The r.v. margin says, "was not searched out." In this there is shadowed forth "the unsearchable riches of Christ," Ephesians 3:8. You cannot weigh them up. They defy calculation. It is only when you get the accumulated experience of all the saints that you can comprehend the length and breadth and depth and height of the love of Christ that passeth knowledge, Ephesians 3:18. See to it that you grow in the grace and in the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ our Lord, 2 Peter 3:18. Let there be a sensible advance into the deep things of God. For wood bring stones, for stones iron, for iron brass, and for brass gold, Isaiah 60:17. And may we all leave a finished building behind us when we pass on to see the King!
1 Kings 7:1-51 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 7

1  The building of Solomon's house
2  Of the house of Lebanon
6  Of the porch of pillars
7  Of the porch of judgment
8  Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter
13  Hiram's work of the two pillars,
23  Of the molten sea
27  Of the ten bases
38  Of the ten lavers
40  and all the vessels

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 7:42 mean?

and pomegranates four hundred for two the networks two rows of pomegranates for network one to cover - two bowl-shaped the capitals that [were] on top of the pillars
וְאֶת־ הָרִמֹּנִ֛ים אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת לִשְׁתֵּ֣י הַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹת שְׁנֵֽי־ טוּרִ֤ים רִמֹּנִים֙ לַשְּׂבָכָ֣ה הָֽאֶחָ֔ת לְכַסּ֗וֹת אֶת־ שְׁתֵּי֙ גֻּלֹּ֣ת הַכֹּֽתָרֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־ פְּנֵ֥י הָעַמּוּדִֽים

הָרִמֹּנִ֛ים  pomegranates 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: רִמֹּון  
Sense: pomegranate.
אַרְבַּ֥ע  four 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
לִשְׁתֵּ֣י  for  two 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, fdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
הַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹת  the  networks 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: שְׂבָכָה  
Sense: network, lattice-work, net, netting.
שְׁנֵֽי־  two 
Parse: Number, mdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
טוּרִ֤ים  rows 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: טוּר  
Sense: row.
רִמֹּנִים֙  of  pomegranates 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: רִמֹּון  
Sense: pomegranate.
לַשְּׂבָכָ֣ה  for  network 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׂבָכָה  
Sense: network, lattice-work, net, netting.
הָֽאֶחָ֔ת  one 
Parse: Article, Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לְכַסּ֗וֹת  to  cover 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שְׁתֵּי֙  two 
Parse: Number, fdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
גֻּלֹּ֣ת  bowl-shaped 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: גֻּלָּה 
Sense: bowl, spring, basin.
הַכֹּֽתָרֹ֔ת  the  capitals 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: כֹּתֶרֶת  
Sense: capital crown, capital of a pillar.
אֲשֶׁ֖ר  that  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
פְּנֵ֥י  top 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הָעַמּוּדִֽים  of  the  pillars 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.

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