Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Knops and open flowers - Rather, "gourds and opening flower-buds." Imitations of the vegetable world are among the earliest of architectural ornaments. They abound in the architecture of Egypt and Persia. In that of Assyria they occur more sparingly.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 6:18:
Exodus 25:1-9
1 Kings 6:9
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