20 As for the two pillars, the one basin, with the twelve bronze oxen under it, and the water carts[a] that King Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. 21 One pillar was 27 feet[b] tall, had a circumference of 18 feet,[c] was hollow—four fingers thick— 22 and had a bronze capital on top of it.(A) One capital, encircled by bronze grating and pomegranates, stood 7½ feet[d] high. The second pillar was the same, with pomegranates.

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Footnotes

  1. 52:20 LXX, Syr; MT reads oxen under the water carts
  2. 52:21 Lit 18 cubits
  3. 52:21 Lit 12 cubits
  4. 52:22 Lit five cubits

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