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Pommels

(2 Chr. 4:12, 13), or bowls (1 Kings 7:41), were balls or “rounded knobs” on the top of the chapiters (q.v.).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

only in (2 Chronicles 4:12,13) In (1 Kings 7:41) “bowls.” The word signifies convex projections belonging to the capitals of pillars.

In the Bible

2

Verses where Pommels is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 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;

  • 2 Chronicles 4:13

    the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

Scripture on Pommels

2

Pommels references

2

Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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