1 Kings 7:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.”
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“He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he formeth the two pillars of brass; eighteen cubits <FI>is<Fi> the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass the second pillar.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 7:15 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 7:21Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
- 1 Kings 7:41the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
- 2 Kings 25:13Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:16As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
- 2 Kings 25:17Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
- 1 Chronicles 18:8And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
- 2 Chronicles 3:15In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
- 2 Chronicles 4:12the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
- Jeremiah 27:19For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
- Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- Jeremiah 52:21Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
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