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;

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator concludes Huram's metalwork inventory by listing the structural components installed at Solomon's temple entrance. The passage records these items as finished elements in the temple's construction sequence.

The words — The text specifies עַמּוּדִים (a.mu.Dim), meaning "pillars," and גֻּלּוֹת (gu.Lot), meaning "bowls," which physically cap the entrance columns. These terms identify the load-bearing posts and their receptacle-shaped tops.

The thread — The identical components appear in 1 Kings 7:41 and 2 Chronicles 3:15, where the narrator documents their height, placement, and decorative network. These parallel accounts maintain a consistent architectural inventory across the biblical record.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to note the exact repetition of materials and measurements in the temple's foreground. It asks for recognition of deliberate craftsmanship as the marker of completed sacred space.

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The Hebrew words

עַמּוּדִ֣ים'a.mu.Dimpillars שְׁנַ֔יִםshe.Na.yimtwo וְהַגֻּלּ֧וֹתve./ha/g.gu.Lotand/ the/ bowls וְהַכֹּתָר֛וֹתve./ha./ko.ta.Rotand/ the/ capitals עַל־'al-on רֹ֥אשׁrosh[the] top of הָעַמּוּדִ֖יםha./'a.mu.Dimthe/ pillars שְׁתָּ֑יִםshe.Ta.yimtwo וְהַשְּׂבָכ֣וֹתve./ha./se.va.Khotand/ the/ networks שְׁתַּ֔יִםshe.Ta.yimtwo לְכַסּ֗וֹתle./kha.Sotto/ cover אֶת־'et-<obj.>שְׁתֵּי֙she.Tei[the] two גֻּלּ֣וֹתgu.Lot[the] bowls of הַכֹּֽתָר֔וֹתha./ko.ta.Rotthe/ capitals אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.Sherwhich עַל־'al-[were] on רֹ֥אשׁrosh[the] top of הָֽעַמּוּדִֽים׃Ha./'a.mu.Dimthe/ pillars

King James Version

To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;

Cross-references

1 Kings 7:41 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;
2 Chronicles 3:15 In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.