1 Kings 7:15-22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Bronze Pillars
15 He cast two hollow bronze pillars:(A) each 27 feet[a] high and 18 feet[b] in circumference.[c](B) 16 He also made two capitals(C) of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars; 7½ feet[d] was the height of the first capital, and 7½ feet[e] was also the height of the second capital. 17 The capitals on top of the pillars had gratings of latticework, wreaths[f] made of chainwork—seven for the first capital and seven for the second.
18 He made the pillars with two encircling rows of pomegranates on the one grating to cover the capital on top; he did the same for the second capital. 19 And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, six feet[g] high. 20 The capitals on the two pillars were also immediately above the rounded surface next to the grating, and 200 pomegranates(D) were in rows encircling each[h] capital. 21 He set up the pillars at the portico(E) of the sanctuary: he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin;[i] then he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz.[j](F) 22 The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. Then the work of the pillars was completed.(G)
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- 1 Kings 7:15 Lit 18 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:15 Lit 12 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:15 LXX adds and the thickness of the pillar was four fingers hollowed and similarly the second pillar
- 1 Kings 7:16 Lit five cubits
- 1 Kings 7:16 Lit five cubits
- 1 Kings 7:17 Lit tassels
- 1 Kings 7:19 Lit four cubits
- 1 Kings 7:20 Lit encircling the second
- 1 Kings 7:21 = He Will Establish
- 1 Kings 7:21 = In Him Is Strength
2 Kings 25:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 One pillar was 27 feet[a] tall and had a bronze capital on top of it. The capital, encircled by a grating and pomegranates of bronze, stood five feet[b] high. The second pillar was the same, with its own grating.(A)
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- 2 Kings 25:17 Lit 18 cubits
- 2 Kings 25:17 Lit three cubits
Jeremiah 52:21-23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
21 One pillar was 27 feet[a] tall, had a circumference of 18 feet,[b] was hollow—four fingers thick— 22 and had a bronze capital on top of it.(A) One capital, encircled by bronze latticework and pomegranates, stood 7½ feet[c] high. The second pillar was the same, with pomegranates. 23 Each capital had 96 pomegranates all around it. All the pomegranates around the latticework numbered 100.
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- Jeremiah 52:21 Lit 18 cubits
- Jeremiah 52:21 Lit 12 cubits
- Jeremiah 52:22 Lit five cubits
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