13 The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.[a]

14 He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it.(A)

The Bronze Pillars

15 In front of the temple(B) he made two pillars, each 27 feet[b] high. The capital on top of each was 7½ feet high.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:13 Lit the house
  2. 3:15 Syr reads 18 cubits (27 feet); Hb reads 35 cubits (52½ feet)

13 The wings of these cherubim(A) extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.[a]

14 He made the curtain(B) of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim(C) worked into it.

15 For the front of the temple he made two pillars,(D) which together were thirty-five cubits[b] long, each with a capital(E) five cubits high.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:13 Or facing inward
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:15 That is, about 53 feet or about 16 meters