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What the Bible Says About Pillar

Overview

The Bible addresses pillar across 22 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in 1 Kings, Jeremiah and 2 Kings. Closely related themes include Hiram, Temple, the First, Pillars and Chapiter. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Lot.

Key Bible verses about pillar

Old Testament

1 Kings

1 Kings 7:6

And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

1 Kings 7:13

And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

1 Kings 7:14

He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

1 Kings 7:15

For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

1 Kings 7:16

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:

1 Kings 7:17

And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

1 Kings 7:18

And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.

1 Kings 7:19

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

1 Kings 7:20

And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.

1 Kings 7:21

And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

1 Kings 7:22

And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

People in the Bible and pillar

Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying pillar for yourself

  • Begin with Genesis 19:26, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how 1 Kings, Jeremiah and 2 Kings each treat the theme.
  • Consider the lives of Lot and how their stories intersect with it.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Hiram, Temple, the First, Pillars and Chapiter.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about pillar?

The Bible addresses pillar across 22 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in 1 Kings, Jeremiah and 2 Kings. Closely related themes include Hiram, Temple, the First, Pillars and Chapiter. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Lot.

How many Bible verses are about pillar?

The Bible references pillar in 22 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention pillar?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Genesis 19:26: “But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”

Which people in the Bible are associated with pillar?

Lot.

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