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

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2 Kings 25:17• ¹⁷The 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. (2 Kings 25:17)

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2 Chron. 3:15• ¹⁵Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. (2 Chron. 3:15)

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2 Chron. 4:12• ¹²To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; (2 Chron. 4:12)

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Jer. 52:21• ²¹And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass 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 in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. (1 Kings 7:21)

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2 Kings 25:16‑17• ¹⁶The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
¹⁷The 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. (2 Kings 25:16‑17)

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2 Chron. 3:15‑17• ¹⁵Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
¹⁶And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
¹⁷And he reared 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. (2 Chron. 3:15‑17)

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2 Chron. 4:12‑22• ¹²To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
¹³And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
¹⁴He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
¹⁵One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
¹⁶The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.
¹⁷In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
¹⁸Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
¹⁹And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the showbread was set;
²⁰Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
²¹And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
²²And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were 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.