1 Kings 7:15-17

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The Bronze Pillars

¹⁵He cast two bronze pillars,^(A) each 27 feet^[a] high and 18 feet^[b] in circumference.^[c]^(B) ¹⁶He 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 was also the height of the second capital. ¹⁷The capitals on top of the pillars had gratings of latticework, wreaths^[e] made of chainwork—seven for the first capital and seven for the second.

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Footnotes

7:15 Lit 18 cubits
7:15 Lit 12 cubits
7:15 LXX adds and the thickness of the pillar was four fingers hollowed and similarly the second pillar
7:16 Lit five cubits, also in v. 23
7:17 Lit tassels

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