The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
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Gill's Exposition
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits,.... As in Kg1 7:15; said to be thirty five, Ch2 3:15; of the reconciliation of which; see Gill on Ch2 3:15,
and a fillet of…
Barnes' Notes
twelve brasen bulls that were under - Omitted in 2 Kings and in Jer 27:19. Probably rightly, for what is said here of their being under the bases is a mistake. The bases were under the ten lavers. The…
We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or general of the…
Cambridge Bible
twelve brasen bulls that were under, etc.] There appears to be some confusion in the MT. In the Temple as built by Solomon the bases were under the lavers, while the twelve bulls supported the sea.…
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