1 Kings 7:16

He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrative describes the artisan's work on the sanctuary entrance immediately after casting the two bronze pillars in 1 Kings 7:15.

The words — The text specifies the maker used כֹתָרֹת (kho.ta.Rot), meaning capitals, and מֻצַ֣ק (mu.Tzak), meaning cast metal, to create two five-cubit-high covers for the pillar tops.

The thread — The placement of pillar tops continues the tabernacle's structural pattern where posts receive metal plating (Exodus 36:38; 38:17; 38:19), and the verse directly precedes the description of the seven lattice networks covering each capital (1 Kings 7:17).

Why it lands — The passage records exact dimensions and material composition, requiring the reader to acknowledge the physical scale and engineering of the sanctuary's entrance before the text shifts to decorative details.

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The Hebrew words

וּשְׁתֵּ֨יu./she.Teiand/ two כֹתָרֹ֜תkho.ta.Rotcapitals עָשָׂ֗ה'a.Sahhe made לָתֵ֛תla./Tetto/ put עַל־'al-on רָאשֵׁ֥יra.Shei[the] tops of הָֽעַמּוּדִ֖יםha./'a.mu.Dimthe/ pillars מֻצַ֣קmu.Tzakcasting of נְחֹ֑שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronze חָמֵ֣שׁcha.Mesh[was] five אַמּ֗וֹת'a.Motcubits קוֹמַת֙ko.Mat[the] height of הַכֹּתֶ֣רֶתha./ko.Te.retthe/ capital הָאֶחָ֔תha./'e.Chat<the>/ one וְחָמֵ֣שׁve./cha.Meshand/ [was] five אַמּ֔וֹת'a.Motcubits קוֹמַ֖תko.Mat[the] height of הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶתha./ko.Te.retthe/ capital הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃ha./she.Nit<the>/ second

King James Version

And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:

Cross-references

Exodus 36:38 together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.
Exodus 38:17 The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
Exodus 38:19 with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.
Exodus 38:28 With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
2 Chronicles 4:12 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;