For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece : and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
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Gill's Exposition
And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars,.... These were large ovals in the form of a crown, as the word signifies; or like two crowns joined together, as Ben…
Barnes' Notes
These famous pillars, which were broken in pieces by the Babylonians when they destroyed Jerusalem 2Ki 25:13; Jer 52:17, were probably for ornament, standing by themselves under or in front of the…
Adam Clarke
He cast two pillars - eighteen cubits high - That is, about thirty feet in English measure.
A line of twelve cubits - In circumference. It would be difficult even now to procure a founder who could…
We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, Ch1 29:2. What those things were…
Cambridge Bible
of eighteen cubits high apiece The Hebrew says -eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar." There can be very little doubt that this should be followed by -and eighteen cubits was the height of the…
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