Jeremiah 52:21
in Jeremiah 52Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars
on Jeremiah 52:17-23
The Chaldeans break up “the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea”, with the twelve bulls “that King Solomon had made.” The pillars, named Jachin and Boaz in 1 Kings 7:21, are measured again: “eighteen cubits tall.” The list runs as an inventory of bronze, gold, and silver.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
15 ), that the extraordinary beauty and stateliness of them may affect us the more with the demolishing of them. All the vessels that belonged to the brazen altar were carried away; for the iniquity of Jerusalem, like that of Eli's house, was not to be purged by sacrifice or offering, 1 Sam. iii.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
eighteen cubits--but in 2Ch 3:15, it is "thirty-five cubits." The discrepancy is thus removed. Each pillar was eighteen common cubits. The two together, deducting the base, were thirty-five, as stated in 2Ch 3:15 [GROTIUS].
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The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָעַמּוּדִ֗ים | vehaamudim | and the pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
| שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה | shemoneh | [was] eight- | H8083 → | 109 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אַמָּה֙ | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| קוֹמַת֙ | komah | [the] height of | H6967 → | |
| הָעַמֻּ֣ד | haamud | the pillar | H5982 → | 111 times |
| הָאֶחָ֔ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וְח֛וּט | vechut | and a line of | H2339 → | |
| שְׁתֵּים־ | sheteim- | two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה | ʾesreh | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אַמָּ֖ה | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| יְסֻבֶּ֑נּוּ | yesubenu | it goes round it | H5437 → | 161 times |
| וְעָבְי֛וֹ | veaveyo | and thickness its | H5672 → | |
| אַרְבַּ֥ע | ʾarba' | [was] four | H702 → | 318 times |
| אַצְבָּע֖וֹת | ʾatzbaot | fingers | H676 → | |
| נָבֽוּב׃ | navuv | hollow | H5014 → |
וְהָעַמּוּדִ֗יםand the pillars
vehaamudimH5982 →111 times
שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה[was] eight-
shemonehH8083 →109 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֤הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
אַמָּה֙cubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
קוֹמַת֙[the] height of
komahH6967 →
הָעַמֻּ֣דthe pillar
haamudH5982 →111 times
הָאֶחָ֔ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
וְח֛וּטand a line of
vechutH2339 →
שְׁתֵּים־two [plus]
sheteim-H8147 →768 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֥הten
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
אַמָּ֖הcubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
יְסֻבֶּ֑נּוּit goes round it
yesubenuH5437 →161 times
וְעָבְי֛וֹand thickness its
veaveyoH5672 →
אַרְבַּ֥ע[was] four
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
אַצְבָּע֖וֹתfingers
ʾatzbaotH676 →
נָבֽוּב׃hollow
navuvH5014 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 25:17Each 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.
it leads to
- 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.
- 1 Kings 7:15–22
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.