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The Veil and Pillars

2 Chronicles 3:15

In 11 translations

BSB
In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.35 cubits is approximately 52.5 feet or 16 meters.
KJV
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.high: Heb. long
WEB
Also he made before the house two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
ASV
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
LSV
And he makes two pillars at the front of the house, thirty-five cubits in length, and the ornament that [is] on their heads [is] five cubits.
YLT
And he maketh at the front of the house two pillars, thirty and five cubits in length, and the ornament that [is] on their heads five cubits.
DBY
And before the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits long; and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
DRC
He made also before the doors of the temple two pillars, which were five and thirty cubits high: and their chapiters were five cubits.
GNV
And he made before the house two pillars of fiue and thirtie cubites hie: and the chapiter that was vpon the top of eche of them, was fiue cubites.
JPS
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
LXXE
Also he made in front of the house two pillars, in height thirty-five cubits, and their chapiters of five cubits.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּ֜עַשׂ לִפְנֵ֤י הַבַּ֨יִת֙ עַמּוּדִ֣ים שְׁנַ֔יִם אַמּ֕וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְחָמֵ֖שׁ אֹ֑רֶךְ וְהַצֶּ֥פֶת אֲשֶׁר־עַל־רֹאשׁ֖וֹ אַמּ֥וֹת חָמֵֽשׁ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐποίησεν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ οἴκου στύλους δύο, πήχεων τριακονταπέντε τὸ ὕψος, καὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν πήχεων πέντε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 52:20–23As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure. Each…
  • 1 Kings 7:15–24He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high. For the capitals on top…

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