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

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.

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.

15 Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.

15 First he cast two pillars in bronze, each twenty-seven feet tall and eighteen feet in circumference.

15 For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.

15 He made two bronze pillars. Each was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

15 He cast two [hollow] bronze pillars: each 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

15 Huram made two bronze pillars. Each of them was 27 feet high. And each was 18 feet around.

1 Kings 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 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. 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

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