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OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 17

2 Kings 25:17

World English Bible Updated

The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,† and a capital of bronze was on it. The height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of bronze; and the second pillar with its network was like these.

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2 Kings 25:17 in context

2 Kings 25:14–20

14

They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.

15

The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, for gold, and that which was of silver, for silver.

16

The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the LORD’s house, the bronze of all these vessels was not weighed.

17
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The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,† and a capital of bronze was on it. The height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of bronze; and the second pillar with its network was like these.

18

The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;

19

and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.

20

Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

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  1. A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

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