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Jeremiah 52:22

Jeremiah 52:22 is verse 22 of Jeremiah chapter 52, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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.

5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters.

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King James Version

And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.

World English Bible

A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also had the same, with pomegranates.

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.

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Jeremiah 52:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

24 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 28:14

and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.

Exodus 28:15

You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

Exodus 28:16

It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

Exodus 28:17

And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

Exodus 28:18

in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

Exodus 28:19

in the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

Exodus 28:20

and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.

Exodus 28:21

The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

Exodus 28:22

For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.

Exodus 28:25

and fasten the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

Exodus 39:15

For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

Exodus 39:16

They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.

Exodus 39:17

Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

Exodus 39:18

and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

1 Kings 7:17

For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.

2 Chronicles 3:15

In 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 4:12

the 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 Chronicles 4:13

the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

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