1 Kings 7:15

15 He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.[a]

1 Kings 7:15 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
15 He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.
NLT
15 Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.
MSG
15 First he cast two pillars in bronze, each twenty-seven feet tall and eighteen feet in circumference.
CSB
15 He cast two [hollow] bronze pillars: each 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

1 Kings 7:15 In-Context

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,
14 whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.
15 He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits high.
17 A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Kings 23:3; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chronicles 3:15; 2 Chronicles 4:12; 2 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 34:31; Jeremiah 27:19; Jeremiah 52:17,21; Ezekiel 40:49

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference
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