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1 Kings 7:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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fashioned.

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1 Kings 7:21• ²¹And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz. (1 Kings 7:21)

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2 Kings 25:17• ¹⁷The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it was brass, and the height of the capital three cubits; and the network and the pomegranates, upon the capital round about, all of brass: and similarly for the second pillar with the network. (2 Kings 25:17)

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2 Chron. 3:15• ¹⁵And before the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits long; and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. (2 Chron. 3:15)

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2 Chron. 4:12• ¹²two pillars, and the globes and the capitals on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; (2 Chron. 4:12)

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Jer. 52:21• ²¹And as to the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. (Jer. 52:21)

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cast.

Heb. fashioned.

two pillars.

1 Kings 7:21• ²¹And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz. (1 Kings 7:21)

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2 Kings 25:16‑17• ¹⁶The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.
¹⁷The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it was brass, and the height of the capital three cubits; and the network and the pomegranates, upon the capital round about, all of brass: and similarly for the second pillar with the network. (2 Kings 25:16‑17)

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2 Chron. 3:15‑17• ¹⁵And before the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits long; and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
¹⁶And he made chains as in the oracle, and he put them on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
¹⁷And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; and he called the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. (2 Chron. 3:15‑17)

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2 Chron. 4:12‑22• ¹²two pillars, and the globes and the capitals on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;
¹³and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were upon the pillars.
¹⁴And he made the bases, and he made the lavers on the bases;
¹⁵one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
¹⁶And the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their instruments did Huram Abiv make king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.
¹⁷In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
¹⁸And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
¹⁹And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar; and the tables whereon was the shewbread;
²⁰and the candlesticks with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;
²¹and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold (it was perfect gold);
²²and the knives, and the bowls, and the cups, and the censers, of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, the inner folding-doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, of the temple, of gold. (2 Chron. 4:12‑22)

; JER 52:21-13

eighteen cubits.That is, nearly thirty feet, English measure.

But in the parallel place in Chronicles, these pillars are said to thirty-five cubits high.

Tremellius reconciles this difference by observing, that the common cubit was but one-half of the cubit of the sanctuary; so that eighteen of the one would make thirty-six of the other; from which, if we deduct one cubit for the base, there will remain thirty-five. Notwithstanding the names of these pillars, they seem to have supported no part of the building, and appear to have been formed for ornament; and were no doubt also emblematical.

The right pillar was called {Jachin,} which signifies, "He will establish;" while that on the left was named {Boaz,} "In it is strength."

Some think they were intended for memorials of the pillars and cloud of fire, which led Israel through the wilderness; but Henry supposes them designed for memorandums to the priests and others that came to worship at God's door. 1st.

To depend upon God only, and not upon any sufficiency of their own, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises.

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It was a memorandum to them of the strength and establishment of the temple of God among them. When the temple was destroyed, particular notice is taken of the breaking up and carrying away of these brazen pillars, 2 Ki 25:13, 17, which had been the tokens of its establishment, and would have been still so, if they had not forsaken God.

• They represented the outward manifestation of the principles of the kingdom. (“Hiram and the Court: 1 Kings 7:13-51” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he formed the two pillars of brass; the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed the second pillar.