Jeremiah 52
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Jeremiah 52:17-23

17Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon. 18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service. 19The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

20As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure. 21Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference;1 each was hollow, four fingers thick.2 22The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high,3 with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar. 23Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.

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  1. 1. Jeremiah 52:21 Each pillar was approximately 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference (8.2 meters high and 5.5 meters in circumference). ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 52:21 4 fingers is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters. ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 52:22 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters. ↩

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