Jeremiah 52:21 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 52:21

Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

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ASV

And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

KJV

And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits,.... As in 1Ki 7:15; said to be thirty five, 2Ch 3:15; of the reconciliation of which; see Gill on 2Ch 3:15, and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; a thread or line of that measure encompassed each of the pillars, 1Ki 7:15; and the thickness thereof was four fingers; either of the pillar, or the fillet about it; that is, the brass of it was four fingers thick: it was hollow; that is, the pillar was hollow.

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The fillet means a measuring line; the pillars were 12 cubits, i. e., 18 feet, in circumference, and thus the diameter would be 5 feet 9 inches. As the brass was four fingers, i. e., scarcely four inches thick, the hollow center would be more than five feet in diameter.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָעַמּוּדִ֗ים	ve.ha.'a.mu.Dim	and the pillars	H5982 →
שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה	she.mo.Neh	[was] eight-	H8083 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה	'es.Reh	teen	H6240 →
אַמָּה֙	'a.Mah	cubit[s]	H520 →
קוֹמַת֙	ko.mah	[the] height of	H6967 →
הָעַמֻּ֣ד	ha.'a.Mud	the pillar	H5982 →
הָאֶחָ֔ד	ha.'e.Chad	<the> one	H259 →
וְח֛וּט	ve.Chut	and a line of	H2339 →
שְׁתֵּים־	she.teim-	two [plus]	H8147 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה	'es.Reh	ten	H6240 →
אַמָּ֖ה	'a.Mah	cubit[s]	H520 →
יְסֻבֶּ֑נּוּ	ye.su.Be.nu	it goes round it	H5437 →
וְעָבְי֛וֹ	ve.'a.ve.Yo	and thickness its	H5672 →
אַרְבַּ֥ע	'ar.Ba'	[was] four	H702 →
אַצְבָּע֖וֹת	'atz.ba.'ot	fingers	H676 →
נָבֽוּב׃	na.Vuv	hollow	H5014 →

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2 Kings 25:17
Each 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.
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- 1 Kings 7:15–22
  He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
- Jeremiah 52:21–23
  Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

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