1 Reyes 7:15

15 Hiram fundió dos columnas de bronce, cada una de ocho metros de alto y cinco metros y medio de circunferencia, medidas a cordel.

1 Reyes 7:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:15

For he cast two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high
apiece
In ( 2 Chronicles 3:15 ) they are said to be thirty five cubits high, which must be understood of the length or height of them both; and whereas that would allow but seventeen cubits and a half to a pillar, either the round number of eighteen is used, or half a cubit in each may be allowed, either for the base or pedestal into which they were put; or the chapiter at the top of them, into which they might go such a length, and so only what was seen is described:

and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about;
that was the circumference of them, and therefore their diameter must be four cubits. Eupolemus, an Heathen writer ^F14 speaks of these pillars, but he makes the circuit of them to be but ten cubits; and says they were equal in height with the temple, and stood on the right and left, and were made of brass, and covered with gold, the thickness of a finger.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Apud Euseb, Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 34. p. 450.

1 Reyes 7:15 In-Context

13 El rey Salomón mandó traer de Tiro a Hiram,

14 que era hijo de una viuda de la tribu de Neftalí y de un nativo de Tiro que era artesano en bronce. Hiram era sumamente hábil e inteligente, experto en toda clase de trabajo en bronce, así que se presentó ante el rey Salomón y realizó todo el trabajo que se le asignó.

15 Hiram fundió dos columnas de bronce, cada una de ocho metros de alto y cinco metros y medio de circunferencia, medidas a cordel.

16 Las columnas que hizo remataban en dos capiteles de bronce fundido que medían dos metros con veinticinco centímetros de alto.

17 Una red de cadenas trenzadas adornaba los capiteles en la parte superior de las columnas, y en cada capitel había siete trenzas.