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21 Each of the pillars was 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.[a] They were hollow, with walls 3 inches thick.[b] 22 The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7 1⁄2 feet[c] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around. 23 There were 96 pomegranates on the sides, and a total of 100 pomegranates on the network around the top.

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Footnotes

  1. 52:21a Hebrew 18 cubits [8.3 meters] tall and 12 cubits [5.5 meters] in circumference.
  2. 52:21b Hebrew 4 fingers thick [8 centimeters].
  3. 52:22 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.3 meters].

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