KJV King James Version
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:
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1 Kings 7:16
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
WEB World English Bible
He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
ASV American Standard Version
And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 7
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.
19 And the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
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וּשְׁתֵּ֨יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoכֹתָרֹ֜תH3805 · ko.te.retcapitalעָשָׂ֗הH6213 · a.sahto make: doלָתֵ֛תH5414 · na.tanto give: giveעַל־H5921 · aluponרָאשֵׁ֥יH7218 · roshheadהָֽעַמּוּדִ֖יםH5982 · am.mudpillarמֻצַ֣קH4165 · mu.tsaqcastingנְחֹ֑שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeחָמֵ֣שׁH2568 · cha.meshfiveאַמּ֗וֹתH520 · am.mahcubitקוֹמַת֙H6967 · qo.mahheightהַכֹּתֶ֣רֶתH3805 · ko.te.retcapitalהָאֶחָ֔תH259 · e.chadoneוְחָמֵ֣שׁH2568 · cha.meshfiveאַמּ֔וֹתH520 · am.mahcubitקוֹמַ֖תH6967 · qo.mahheightהַכֹּתֶ֥רֶתH3805 · ko.te.retcapitalהַשֵּׁנִֽית׃H8145 · she.nisecond
Cross-references
Exodus 38:17And the sockets for the pillars [were of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters [of] silver; and all the pillars of the court [were] filleted with silver.Exodus 36:38And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets [were of] brass.Exodus 38:28And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five [shekels] he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.2 Chronicles 4:12-13[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;Exodus 38:19And their pillars [were] four, and their sockets [of] brass four; their hooks [of] silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets [of] silver.
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