Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he cast two columns of brass. Each column was eighteen cubits in height, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed both columns. "
— 1 Kings 7:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.”
“For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about. ”
“For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them about.”
“He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.”
“And he cast two pillars in brass, each pillar was eighteen cubits high: and a line of twelve cubits compassed both the pillars.”
“He it was who made the two brass pillars; the first pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits went round it; and the second was the same.”
“For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.”
And the great atrium was round, with three rows of cut stones and one row of cut cedar, even as it also was in the interior atrium of the house of the Lord, and in the portico of the house.
And king Solomon sent and brought Hiram of Tyre,
the son of a widowed woman, from the tribe of Naphtali, whose father was a Tyrian, an artisan in brass, and full of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in order to form every work of brass. And when he had gone to king Solomon, he wrought all his work.
And he cast two columns of brass. Each column was eighteen cubits in height, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed both columns.
Also, he made two heads of molten brass, which would be set upon the tops of the columns: one head was five cubits in height, and the other head was five cubits in height.
And there was something like a network of chains, woven together in a wonderful manner. Both heads of the columns were cast, and seven rows of little nets traversed one head, and seven little nets were on the other head.
And he finished the columns with two rows all around each network, so that these covered the heads, which were at the top, with pomegranates. And he did in like manner to the second head.