2 Kings 25:17

17 Each pillar was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze capital on top of the pillar was about four and one-half feet high. It was decorated with a net design and bronze pomegranates all around it. The other pillar also had a net design and was like the first pillar.

2 Kings 25:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 25:17

(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:13)

2 Kings 25:17 In-Context

15 The commander of the king's special guards took away the pans for carrying hot coals, the bowls, and everything made of pure gold or silver.

16 There were two pillars and the large bronze bowl and the movable stands which Solomon had made for the Temple of the Lord. There was so much bronze that it could not be weighed.

17 Each pillar was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze capital on top of the pillar was about four and one-half feet high. It was decorated with a net design and bronze pomegranates all around it. The other pillar also had a net design and was like the first pillar.

18 The commander of the guards took some prisoners -- Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank, and the three doorkeepers.

19 Of the people who were still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, as well as five people who advised the king. He took the royal secretary who selected people for the army and sixty other men who were in the city.