Back to 1 Kings 7

1 Kings 7:15

For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.

  • KJV King James Version

    For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Thus he fashioned the two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high each; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it about; and so the other pillar.

View more translations →

Examined in Scripture Analysis

Contradictions (1)

Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.

  • How high were the pillars?

Explore Contradictions →

Cross-references (7)

Passages linked to 1 Kings 7:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Jeremiah 52:21 As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow.
  • 1 Kings 7:21 He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.
  • 2 Chronicles 3:15-17 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits height, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. He set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
  • 1 Kings 7:41 the two pillars; the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
  • 2 Kings 25:16-17 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for Yahweh’s house, the bronze of all these vessels was not weighed. The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of bronze was on it. The height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of bronze; and the second pillar with its network was like these.
  • 2 Chronicles 4:12-22 the two pillars, the bowls, the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars, and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars. He also made the bases, and he made the basins on the bases; one sea, and the twelve oxen under it. Huram his father also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for king Solomon, for Yahweh’s house, of bright bronze. The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; for the weight of the bronze could not be determined. Solomon made all the vessels that were in God’s house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them; and the lamp stands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was perfect gold; and the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.
  • Jeremiah 52:13 He burned Yahweh’s house, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.

Cross-references from openbible.info (CC BY 4.0)

↑ Top

Explain this verse (15 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, the second.

Hebrew, the second.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He cast two pillars of brass; of which see…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. He cast two pillars - eighteen cubits…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 7:15-16. He cast two pillars of brass —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain These famous pillars, which were broken in pieces by…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Eighteen. Both together are said in Paralipomenon to be…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits high--They were…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. He cast — Hebrew, Formed or fashioned.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. of eighteen cubits high apiece] The Hebrew says…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15-22) With regard to the two pillars, Jachin (“He…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For he cast two pillars of brass The process…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 eighteen cubits ... twelve cubits ... five cubits
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:15-22 The two bronze pillars were probably free-standing since…

↑ Top

Share