1 Kings 7:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrator records Huram the Tyrian craftsman completing the bronze pillars for Solomon’s temple portico.

The words — וַיָּצַר (va.ya.tzar) means he fashioned or cast, and עַמּוּדִים ('am.mu.dim) denotes the pillars themselves.

The thread — The dimensions recur in Jeremiah 52:21, the pillar names appear in 1 Kings 7:21, and the combined height is noted in 2 Chronicles 3:15.

Why it lands — The text records exact bronze dimensions for temple architecture, requiring the reader to note the precision of sacred construction without embellishment.

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The Hebrew words

וַיָּ֛צַרva/i.Ya.tzarand/ he fashioned אֶת־'et-<obj.>שְׁנֵ֥יshe.Nei[the] two הָעַמּוּדִ֖יםha./'a.mu.Dimthe/ pillars נְחֹ֑שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronze שְׁמֹנֶ֨הshe.mo.Neh[was] eight-עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה'es.Rehteen אַמָּ֗ה'a.Mahcubit[s]קוֹמַת֙ko.Mat[the] height of הָעַמּ֣וּדha./'a.Mudthe/ pillar הָאֶחָ֔דha./'e.Chad<the>/ one וְחוּט֙ve./Chutand/ a line of שְׁתֵּים־she.teim-two [plus]עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'es.Rehten אַמָּ֔ה'a.Mahcubit[s]יָסֹ֖בya.Soit went round אֶת־'et-<obj.>הָעַמּ֥וּדha./'a.Mudthe/ pillar הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ha./she.Ni<the>/ second

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.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 52:21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
1 Kings 7:21 Thus 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.
2 Chronicles 3:15 In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
1 Kings 7:41 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
2 Kings 25:16 As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
2 Chronicles 4:12 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
Jeremiah 52:13 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.