KJV King James Version
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
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1 Kings 7:15
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
WEB World English Bible
For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them about.
ASV American Standard Version
For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he formeth the two pillars of brass; eighteen cubits is the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass the second pillar.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 7
12 And the great court round about [was] with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
14 He [was] a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
16 And he made two chapiters [of] molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter [was] five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter [was] five cubits:
17 [And] nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that [were] upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
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וַיָּ֛צַרH6696 · tsurto confineאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁנֵ֥יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoהָעַמּוּדִ֖יםH5982 · am.mudpillarנְחֹ֑שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeשְׁמֹנֶ֨הH8083 · she.mo.neheightעֶשְׂרֵ֜הH6240 · a.sartenאַמָּ֗הH520 · am.mahcubitקוֹמַת֙H6967 · qo.mahheightהָעַמּ֣וּדH5982 · am.mudpillarהָאֶחָ֔דH259 · e.chadoneוְחוּט֙H2339 · chutthreadשְׁתֵּים־H8147 · she.na.yimtwoעֶשְׂרֵ֣הH6240 · a.sartenאַמָּ֔הH520 · am.mahcubitיָסֹ֖בH5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָעַמּ֥וּדH5982 · am.mudpillarהַשֵּׁנִֽי׃H8145 · she.nisecond
Cross-references
Jeremiah 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.1 Kings 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 Chronicles 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 Kings 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;Jeremiah 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:2 Chronicles 4:12-22[To 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 Kings 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.
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