2 Kings 25:17
in 2 Kings 25Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.
KJV
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
⋯
This verse in 2 Kings 25
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Compare with this description the accounts in marginal references. The height of the capital (“three cubits”) must be corrected, in accordance with those passages, to “five cubits.”
This site's exposition
They also took away the pots, shovels
on 2 Kings 25:14-17
The pillar's height of "eighteen cubits" and its "network of bronze pomegranates" repeat the casting description of 1 Kings 7:15-16 almost word for word. Verse 16 says "the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure", an echo of the original casting account.
This site's exposition
Each pillar was eighteen cubits
The capital here is three cubits high, while 1 Kings 7:16 and Jeremiah 52:22 give each capital five. Albert Barnes corrects the figure in this verse to five cubits to agree with those passages. A cubit is about eighteen inches.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thus has Jerusalem become as a widow, Lam. i. Ichabod--Where is the glory? The distraction and dispersion of the remnant that was left in Judah under Gedaliah,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of justice on criminals; and hence, although not engaged in the siege of Jerusalem (Jer 39:13), Nebuzar-adan was despatched to rase the city, to plunder the temple, to lay both in ruins, demolish the fortifications, and transport the inhabitants to Babylon.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
The height of the crown was three amohs. And in the beginning of the Book [of Melochim] it states, ”five amohs [high].” 9 Melochim:16. I reconciled the verses there.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁמֹנֶה֩ | shemoneh | [was] eight- | H8083 → | 109 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אַמָּ֜ה | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| קוֹמַ֣ת׀ | komat | [the] height of | H6967 → | 45 times |
| הָעַמּ֣וּד | haamud | the pillar | H5982 → | 111 times |
| הָאֶחָ֗ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וְכֹתֶ֨רֶת | vekhoteret | and a capital | H3805 → | 24 times |
| עָלָ֥יו׀ | ʾalav | [was] on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| נְחֹשֶׁת֮ | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| וְקוֹמַ֣ת | vekomat | and [the] height of | H6967 → | 45 times |
| הַכֹּתֶרֶת֮ | hakoteret | the capital | H3805 → | 24 times |
| שָׁלֹ֣שׁ | shalosh | [was] three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| אַמּוֹת֒ | ʾamah | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה | usevakhah | and a network | H7639 → | 16 times |
| וְרִמֹּנִ֧ים | verimonim | and pomegranates | H7416 → | |
| עַֽל־ | ʾal- | [were] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַכֹּתֶ֛רֶת | hakoteret | the capital | H3805 → | 24 times |
| סָבִ֖יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| הַכֹּ֣ל | hakol | <the> everything | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נְחֹ֑שֶׁת | nechoshet | [was] bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| וְכָאֵ֛לֶּה | vekhaeleh | and like these [things] | H428 → | 746 times |
| לַֽעַמּ֥וּד | laamud | [belonged] to the pillar | H5982 → | 111 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֖י | hasheni | <the> second | H8145 → | 156 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַשְּׂבָכָֽה׃ | hasevakhah | the network | H7639 → | 16 times |
שְׁמֹנֶה֩[was] eight-
shemonehH8083 →109 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֨הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
אַמָּ֜הcubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
קוֹמַ֣ת׀[the] height of
komatH6967 →45 times
הָעַמּ֣וּדthe pillar
haamudH5982 →111 times
הָאֶחָ֗ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
וְכֹתֶ֨רֶתand a capital
vekhoteretH3805 →24 times
עָלָ֥יו׀[was] on it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
נְחֹשֶׁת֮bronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
וְקוֹמַ֣תand [the] height of
vekomatH6967 →45 times
הַכֹּתֶרֶת֮the capital
hakoteretH3805 →24 times
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ[was] three
shaloshH7969 →432 times
אַמּוֹת֒cubits
ʾamahH520 →247 times
וּשְׂבָכָ֨הand a network
usevakhahH7639 →16 times
וְרִמֹּנִ֧יםand pomegranates
verimonimH7416 →
עַֽל־[were] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַכֹּתֶ֛רֶתthe capital
hakoteretH3805 →24 times
סָבִ֖יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
הַכֹּ֣ל<the> everything
hakolH3605 →5413 times
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת[was] bronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
וְכָאֵ֛לֶּהand like these [things]
vekhaelehH428 →746 times
לַֽעַמּ֥וּד[belonged] to the pillar
laamudH5982 →111 times
הַשֵּׁנִ֖י<the> second
hasheniH8145 →156 times
עַל־with
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַשְּׂבָכָֽה׃the network
hasevakhahH7639 →16 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies12
On this verse
On this chapter
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; F. W. Farrar, The Second Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.