21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet
21 As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,
21 Each pillar stood twenty-seven feet high with a circumference of eighteen feet. The pillars were hollow, the bronze a little less than an inch thick.
21 Now concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, a measuring line of twelve cubits could measure its circumference, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow.
21 Each of the pillars was 27Â feet tall and 18Â feet in circumference. They were hollow, with walls 3Â inches thick.
23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.
23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network all around.
23 There were ninety-six pomegranates evenly spaced - in all, a hundred pomegranates worked into the filigree.
23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates, all around on the network, were one hundred.
23 There were 96Â pomegranates on the sides, and a total of 100Â pomegranates on the network around the top.
(Read Jeremiah 52:12-23)
The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 52:21
Commentary on Jeremiah 52:12-23
(Read Jeremiah 52:12-23)
The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.