1 Kings 7:14-16
21st Century King James Version
14 He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill to work all works in brass. And he came to King Solomon and wrought all his work.
15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits compassed each of them about.
16 And he made two capitals of molten brass to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits;
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1 Kings 7:14-16
New International Version
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,(A) with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all(B) the work assigned to him.
15 He cast two bronze pillars,(C) each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.[a] 16 He also made two capitals(D) of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits[b] high.
Footnotes
- 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
- 1 Kings 7:16 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 23
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