17
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. [a] The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, [b] with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
15
The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
16
As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
17
Each 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.
18
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
19
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
Footnotes 2
[a].
18 cubits is approximately 27 feet or 8.2 meters.
[b].
3 cubits is approximately 4.5 feet or 1.4 meters.
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