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The two bronze pillars

1 Kgs 7:15–22 · 2 Chr 3:15–17

1 Kings

1 Kgs 7:15–22

15He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

16He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.

17For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.

18Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.

19And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.

20On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.

21Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

22And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.

2 Chronicles

2 Chr 3:15–17

15In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.

16He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.

17Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.

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