1 Kings 7:20

belly. swell, or protuberance.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In this verse also a portion of the original text is supposed to have fallen out in consequence of the repetition of words. The full phrase of the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were tw...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Palace This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(13-50) The exceedingly graphic and elaborate description of the work of Hiram on the vessels and furniture of the Temple, and on the great pillars,...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(15) For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. (16) And he made...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network ,.... The supplement is needless...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the chapiters upon the two pillars [had pomegranates] also above, over against the belly which [was] by the network: and the pomegranates [were]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Over against the belly So he calls the middle part of the chapiter, which jetted farthest out. The pomegranates were two hundred They are said to...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of T...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Over against the belly; so he calls the middle part of the chapiter, and that which jetted furthest out. The pomegranates were two hundred: these...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The belly — So he calls the middle part of the chapiter, which jetted farthest out. Two hundred — They are said to be ninety and six on a side of a...

²⁰ And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 7:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 7:20