1 Kings 7:16
He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
15He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
Cross References
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.
Exodus 38:19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.
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;
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:14-48
13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars:… Read the whole commentary →