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Pommel

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: P By: George A. Morrish

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Anything round. It formed some part of the chapiters of the two pillars in the temple built by Solomon (2 Chron. 4:12-13¹²To 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; ¹³And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. (2 Chronicles 4:12‑13)). The same word is translated “bowls” in 1 Kings 7:41-42⁴¹The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; ⁴²And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; (1 Kings 7:41‑42).

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