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The two pillars of bronze, set up at the porch of the temple and called Jachin and Boaz

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1 Kings 7:15–22: the text says, “For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.” He makes two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of checker work and wreaths of chain work for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital. So he makes the pillars; and there were two rows of pomegranates around the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and he does so for the other capital. The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits. The text says, “There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in rows around the other capital. He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.” On the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished. These verses name no maker but “he”. Where WEB reads “two hundred pomegranates in rows around the other capital” (7:20), the Korean Revised Version reads 각기 석류 이백이 줄을 지었더라, two hundred pomegranates in rows on each.

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1KI 7:15–22, engwebp
¹⁵For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.
¹⁶He made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
¹⁷There were nets of checker work and wreaths of chain work for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
¹⁸So he made the pillars; and there were two rows of pomegranates around the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and he did so for the other capital.
¹⁹The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.
²⁰There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in rows around the other capital.
²¹He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.
²²On the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished.
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Unresolved interpretation: The height of the two pillars before the temple

1 Kings 7:15 gives the height of each bronze pillar as eighteen cubits.
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- 1KI 7:15–22, engwebp
  ¹⁵For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.
  ¹⁶He made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
  ¹⁷There were nets of checker work and wreaths of chain work for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
  ¹⁸So he made the pillars; and there were two rows of pomegranates around the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and he did so for the other capital.
  ¹⁹The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.
  ²⁰There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in rows around the other capital.
  ²¹He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.
  ²²On the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished.
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2 Chronicles 3:15 gives the height of the two pillars before the house as thirty-five cubits.
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- 2CH 3:15–17, engwebp
  ¹⁵Also he made before the house two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
  ¹⁶He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
  ¹⁷He set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
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Hiram (son of a widow of Naphtali) — Took part in — The two pillars of bronze, set up at the porch of the temple and called Jachin and Boaz

Evidence: 1 Kings 7:15–22

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Current wording: 1 Kings 7:15–22: the text says, “For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.” He makes two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of checker work and wreaths of chain work for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital. So he makes the pillars; and there were two rows of pomegranates around the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and he does so for the other capital. The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits. The text says, “There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in rows around the other capital. He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.” On the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished. These verses name no maker but “he”. Where WEB reads “two hundred pomegranates in rows around the other capital” (7:20), the Korean Revised Version reads 각기 석류 이백이 줄을 지었더라, two hundred pomegranates in rows on each.
Cited evidence: 1KI 7:15–22, engwebp
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