1 Kings 7:19

And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is a cornice of (so-called) lilywork at Persepolis, consisting of three ranges of broadish rounded leaves, one over the other. Lilies are als...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of (k) lily work in the porch, four cubits. (k) As was seen commonly wrought in cos...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of lily work in the porch, four cubits. Ver. 19. Were of lily work. ] As also of...
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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, they had the form of a full-blown lily-cup, four cubits.
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1 Kings 6:18 ; 1 Kings 6:32-35 ; 1 Kings 7:22
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lilly work — Made like the leaves of lillies. In the porch — Or, as in the porch; such work as there was in the porch of the temple, in which these...

¹⁹ And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 7:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary 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

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 7:19