2 Kings 25:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.”

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BSBPD

“Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“eighteen cubits <FI>is<Fi> the height of the one pillar, and the chapiter on it <FI>is<Fi> of brass, and the height of the chapiter <FI>is<Fi> three cubits, and the net and the pomegranates <FI>are<Fi> on the chapiter round about--the whole <FI>is<Fi> of brass; and like these hath the second pillar, with the net.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 25:17 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 7:15He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
  2. Jeremiah 52:21Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

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