1 Kings 7:16

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“He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.”

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BSBPD

“He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 7:16 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 36:38together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.
  2. Exodus 38:17The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
  3. Exodus 38:19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.
  4. Exodus 38:28With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
  5. 2 Chronicles 4:12the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

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