2 Kings 25:17
New English Translation
17 Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet[a] high. The bronze top of one pillar was about 4½ feet[b] high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate-shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.
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- 2 Kings 25:17 tn Heb “18 cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about 18 inches (45 cm) long.
- 2 Kings 25:17 tn Heb “3 cubits.” The parallel passage in Jer 52:22 has “five.”
2 Kings 25:17
New International Version
17 Each pillar(A) was eighteen cubits[a] high. The bronze capital on top of one pillar was three cubits[b] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its network, was similar.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 27 feet or about 8.1 meters
- 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters
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