21 One pillar was 27 feet[a] tall, had a circumference of 18 feet,[b] was hollow—four fingers thick— 22 and had a bronze capital on top of it.(A) One capital, encircled by bronze grating and pomegranates, stood 7½ feet[c] high. The second pillar was the same, with pomegranates. 23 Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates all around it. All the pomegranates around the grating numbered one hundred.

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  1. 52:21 Lit 18 cubits
  2. 52:21 Lit 12 cubits
  3. 52:22 Lit five cubits

21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference[a]; each was four fingers thick, and hollow.(A) 22 The bronze capital(B) on top of one pillar was five cubits[b] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates(C) of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar. 23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates(D) above the surrounding network was a hundred.(E)

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  1. Jeremiah 52:21 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference
  2. Jeremiah 52:22 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters