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14 (A)He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and (B)he was filled with wisdom and discernment and knowledge to do any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and (C)did all his work.

15 And he fashioned (D)the two pillars of bronze; (E)eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits [a]measured the circumference of both. 16 He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five [b]cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:15 Lit went around the other pillar
  2. 1 Kings 7:16 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm