15-22. two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits high —They were made of the brass (bronze) which was taken from the king of Zobah ( :- ). In 2 Chronicles 3:15 they are said to have been thirty-five cubits high. There, however, their joint lengths are given; whereas here the length of the pillars is given separately. Each pillar was seventeen and a half cubits long, which is stated, in round numbers, as eighteen. Their dimensions in English measure are as follows: The pillars without the capitals measured thirty-two and a half feet long, and seven feet diameter; and if hollow, as WHISTON, in his translation of JOSEPHUS, thinks ( Jeremiah 52:21 ), the metal would be about three and a half inches thick; so that the whole casting of one pillar must have been from sixteen to twenty tons. The height of the capitals was eight and three-fourths feet; and, at the same thickness of metal, would not weigh less than seven or eight tons each. The nature of the workmanship in the finishing of these capitals is described ( Jeremiah 52:21- : ). The pillars, when set up, would stand forty feet in height [NAPIER, Metal ]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-23" class="com-number"
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