15 For he cast [1] two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

Other Translations of 1 Kings 7:15

New International Version

15 He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference

English Standard Version

15 He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.Targum, Syriac (compare Septuagint and Jeremiah 52:21); Hebrew fingers. And a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of the second pillar

The Message

15 First he cast two pillars in bronze, each twenty-seven feet tall and eighteen feet in circumference.

New King James Version

15 And he cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.

New Living Translation

15 Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 7:15

Commentary on 1 Kings 7:13-47

(Read 1 Kings 7:13-47)

The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. "Jachin," God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. "Boaz," In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of God's temple, where we must wait for the gifts of grace, in use of the means of grace. Spiritual priests and spiritual sacrifices must be washed in the laver of Christ's blood, and of regeneration. We must wash often, for we daily contract pollution. There are full means provided for our cleansing; so that if we have our lot for ever among the unclean it will be our own fault. Let us bless God for the fountain opened by the sacrifice of Christ for sin and for uncleanness.