The Bronze Pillars for the Temple(A)

15 And he [a]cast (B)two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:15 fashioned

15 He cast two bronze pillars,(A) each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.[a]

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  1. 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

The Sea and the Oxen

23 And he made (A)the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

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23 He made the Sea(A) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line(B) of thirty cubits[a] to measure around it.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:23 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters

12 the two pillars and (A)the bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars;

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12 the two pillars;

the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

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15 one Sea and twelve oxen under it;

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15 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

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16 also the pots, the shovels, the forks—and all their articles (A)Huram his [a]master craftsman made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 4:16 Lit. father

16 the pots, shovels, meat forks and all related articles.

All the objects that Huram-Abi(A) made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of polished bronze.

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