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20 There was too much bronze to weigh in the two pillars, the one sea, the twelve bronze oxen that were under the sea,[a] and the stands which King Solomon had made for the Lord’s Temple. 21 Each of the pillars was twelve cubits[b] high and its circumference twelve cubits.[c] It was hollow and about a handbreadth[d] thick. 22 On each pillar[e] was a capital of bronze, and the height of each capital was five cubits.[f] Latticework and pomegranates, all of bronze, were all around the capital. And the second pillar was like this, including the pomegranates.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:20 The Heb. lacks the sea
  2. Jeremiah 52:21 I.e. about eighteen feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  3. Jeremiah 52:21 Lit. a line of twelve cubits would surround it;i.e. about eighteen feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  4. Jeremiah 52:21 Lit. four fingers
  5. Jeremiah 52:22 Lit. on it
  6. Jeremiah 52:22 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches