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19 He also took the firepans, the solid gold and silver candlesticks, and the cups and bowls.

20 The weight of the two enormous pillars, the laver, and twelve bulls was tremendous. They had no way of estimating it. (They had been made in the days of King Solomon.) 21 For the pillars were each 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference, hollow, with 3-inch walls.

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19 The commander of the imperial guard took away the basins, censers,(A) sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands,(B) dishes(C) and bowls used for drink offerings(D)—all that were made of pure gold or silver.(E)

20 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls(F) under it, and the movable stands, which King Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed.(G) 21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference[a]; each was four fingers thick, and hollow.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:21 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference