For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
Parallel translations
- WEB For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.
- BSB He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
- NKJV And he cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.
- NASB He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of each pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.
- NLT Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.
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Quick answer
Hiram cast two great bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits around. They would stand at the temple's entrance.
Overview
These two massive bronze columns, roughly twenty-seven feet tall, were striking features framing the temple porch. Their imposing size and fine casting displayed both Hiram's skill and the glory of God's house. As the gateway pillars, they would greet every worshiper, marking the threshold of the place where the Lord met His people.
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Cross-references · 7
- Jer 52:21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
- 2 Chr 3:15–17Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
- 1 Kgs 7:21And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
- 2 Chr 4:12–22To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
- 2 Kgs 25:16–17The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
- Jer 52:13And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
- 1 Kgs 7:41The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
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