1 Kings 7:15 meaning and explanation

He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

1 Kings 7:15, Berean Standard Bible

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The narrator continues describing the temple furnishings Solomon commissioned, here focusing on the two great bronze pillars that Huram of Tyre cast for the temple portico. At roughly eight meters tall and nearly two meters around, they were massive free standing columns, not load bearing, and chapter 7 later names them Jachin and Boaz.

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