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Revised Standard Version

2 Chronicles 3:15

In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Chapiter;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Boaz;   Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chapiter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Jachin and Boaz;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Boaz ;   Chapiter;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Bo'az;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Head;   Jachin and Boaz;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ḳara, Joseph ben Simeon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In front of the temple he made two pillars, each 27 feet high. The capital on top of each was 7� feet high.
Hebrew Names Version
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
King James Version
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
English Standard Version
In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.
New Century Version
He made two pillars to stand in front of the Temple. They were about fifty-two feet tall, and the capital of each pillar was over seven feet tall.
New English Translation
In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length of 52½ feet, with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high.
Amplified Bible
He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each one was five cubits.
New American Standard Bible
He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits.
World English Bible
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he made before the house two pillars of fiue and thirtie cubites hie: and the chapiter that was vpon the top of eche of them, was fiue cubites.
Legacy Standard Bible
He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits.
Berean Standard Bible
In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
Contemporary English Version
Two columns were made for the entrance to the temple. Each one was fifty-two feet tall and had a cap on top that was seven and a half feet high.
Complete Jewish Bible
In front of the house he made two columns sixty-one-and-a-quarter feet high, with a capital of eight-and-three-quarters feet on top of each.
Darby Translation
And before the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits long; and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
Easy-to-Read Version
He put two columns in front of the Temple. The columns were 35 cubits tall. The top part of the two columns was 5 cubits long.
George Lamsa Translation
Also he made in front of the great house two pillars, eighteen cubits long, and the capitals that were on the top of each of them were five cubits high.
Good News Translation
The king had two columns made, each one 52 feet tall, and placed them in front of the Temple. Each one had a capital 7½ feet tall.
Lexham English Bible
And at the front of the house he made two columns, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on their top was five cubits.
Literal Translation
And at the front of the house, he made two pillars thirty five cubits high, and the capital on their tops was five cubits.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And before the house he made two pilers fyue and thirtie cubites longe, and the knoppes aboue theron, fyue cubytes.
American Standard Version
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
Bible in Basic English
And in front of the house he made two pillars, thirty-five cubits high, with crowns on the tops of them, five cubits high.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made before the house two pillers of thirtie and fiue cubites high, and the head that was aboue on the top of euery one of them was fiue cubites,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
King James Version (1611)
Also hee made before the house, two pillars of thirtie and fiue cubites high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them, was fiue cubites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Also he made in front of the house two pillars, in height thirty-five cubits, and their chapters of five cubits.
English Revised Version
Also he made before the house two pillars, of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also bifor the yate of the temple he made twei pilers, that hadden fyue and thretti cubitis of heiythe; forsothe the heedis of tho weren of fyue cubitis.
Update Bible Version
Also he made before the house two pillars of 35 cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
Webster's Bible Translation
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits.
New King James Version
Also he made in front of the temple [fn] two pillars thirty-five 1 Kings 7:15; 2 Kings 25:17; and Jeremiah 52:21)">[fn] cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
New Living Translation
For the front of the Temple, he made two pillars that were 27 feet tall, each topped by a capital extending upward another 7 1⁄2 feet.
New Life Bible
He made two pillars in front of the house that were ten times taller than a man. The top piece of each one was as tall as a man can raise his hand.
New Revised Standard
In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he made, for the front of the house, two pillars, thirty five cubits in length, - and, the capital which was upon the top of each, was five cubits.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He made also before the doors of the temple two pillars, which were five and thirty cubits high: and their chapiters were five cubits.
Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh at the front of the house two pillars, thirty and five cubits in length, and the ornament that [is] on their heads five cubits.
THE MESSAGE
He made two huge free-standing pillars, each fifty-two feet tall, their capitals extending another seven and a half feet. The top of each pillar was set off with an elaborate filigree of chains, like necklaces, from which hung a hundred pomegranates. He placed the pillars in front of The Temple, one on the right, and the other on the left. The right pillar he named Jakin (Security) and the left pillar he named Boaz (Stability).
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits.

Contextual Overview

10 In the most holy place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub; 12 and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave. 14 And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and worked cherubim on it. 15 In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. 16 He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Bo'az.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

two pillars: 1 Kings 7:15-24, Jeremiah 52:20-23

thirty: The Syriac and Arabic have, agreeably to the parallel passage, "eighteen cubits high;" but the Septuagint, Chaldee, and Vulgate have "thirty and five cubits high." See note on 1 Kings 7:15.

high: Heb. long

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 4:12 - To wit Jeremiah 52:21 - concerning Jeremiah 52:22 - with network

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?"
Genesis 3:3
but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
Genesis 3:4
But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not die.
Genesis 3:6
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 3:8
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:10
And he said, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I ate."
Genesis 3:14
The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above all wild animals; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of thirty and five cubits - See 1 Kings 7:15 note. Some suppose that there has been a corruption of the number in the present passage.


 
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