1 Kings 7:13-15
Modern English Version
The Furnishings of the Temple(A)
13 Now King Solomon sent and called Huram out of Tyre. 14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre who worked in bronze, and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill to make all sorts of items in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work.
15 He cast two pillars of bronze eighteen cubits high each and twelve cubits[a] in circumference.
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- 1 Kings 7:15 About 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference, or 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference.
1 Kings 7:13-15
New International Version
The Temple’s Furnishings(A)(B)
13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,[a](C) 14 whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom,(D) with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all(E) the work assigned to him.
15 He cast two bronze pillars,(F) each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.[b]
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 7:13 Hebrew Hiram, a variant of Huram; also in verses 40 and 45
- 1 Kings 7:15 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference
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