2 Chronicles 3:15

15 In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, ^[a] each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.

2 Chronicles 3:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:15

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:15 In-Context

13 So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.

14 He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.

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.

16 He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.

17 Then 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.

Footnotes

• [a] 35 cubits is approximately 52.5 feet or 16 meters.