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2 Kings 25:17
2 Kings 25:17 is verse 17 of 2 Kings chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Each 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.
18 cubits is approximately 27 feet or 8.2 meters.
3 cubits is approximately 4.5 feet or 1.4 meters.
King James Version
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
World English Bible
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of bronze was on it. The height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of bronze; and the second pillar with its network was like these.
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
Read in context
2 Kings 25:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
16 As 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.
17 Each 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.
18 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
19 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 7:15He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
1 Kings 7:16He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
Jeremiah 52:21Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
Jeremiah 52:22The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.
Jeremiah 52:23Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.