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Jeremiah 52:21
Jeremiah 52:21 is verse 21 of Jeremiah chapter 52, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
Each pillar was approximately 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference (8.2 meters high and 5.5 meters in circumference).
4 fingers is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters.
King James Version
And 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.
World English Bible
As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow.
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
Jeremiah 52:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
20 As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
22 The 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.
23 Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.
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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.
1 Kings 7:17For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.
1 Kings 7:18Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.
1 Kings 7:19And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
1 Kings 7:20On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
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.
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.
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 3:16He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
2 Chronicles 3:17Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.