Jeremiah 52:21

Jeremiah 52:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
• New International Version (NIV)Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference; each was four fingers thick, and hollow.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, a measuring line of twelve cubits could measure its circumference, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow.

Context of Jeremiah 52:21

19The cups, the fire-pans, the basins, the pots, the menorot, the pans, and the drink offering bowls—whatever was gold or silver—the captain of the guard took away. 20As for the two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the stands that King Solomon had made for the House of Adonai—all these articles had bronze beyond weighing. The height of one pillar was 18 cubits and it was twelve cubits in circumference and four fingers in its thickness—it was hollow. 22There was a bronze capital on it—the height of one capital was five cubits, with latticework and pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar was the same, with pomegranates. 23There were 96 pomegranates on the outside; including all the pomegranates around the lattice, there were 100.

Jeremiah 52:21 word by word

וְהָעַמּוּדִ֗ים שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה אַמָּה֙ קוֹמַת֙ הָעַמֻּ֣ד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְח֛וּט שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה יְסֻבֶּ֑נּוּ וְעָבְי֛וֹ אַרְבַּ֥ע אַצְבָּע֖וֹת נָבֽוּב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• the heightקוֹמָהqômâh · heightH6967
• of oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• eighteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• eighteenשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and a filletחוּטchûţ · threadH2339
• of twelveשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• did compassסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• it; and the thicknessעֲבִי‛ăbîy ‛ŏbîy · thicknessH5672
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• fingersאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676
• hollowנָבַבnâbab · be hollowH5014

Cross-references for Jeremiah 52:21

• 1 Kings 7:15He fashioned the two bronze pillars, 18 cubits high and 12 cubits in circumference each.
• 2 Kings 25:17The height of each pillar was eighteen cubits, with a bronze capital on top. The height of the capital was three cubits, with a netting of copper pomegranates encircling the capital. The same was true of the second pillar with its netting.
• 2 Chronicles 3:15In the front of the House he made two pillars 35 cubits high, each with a capital on the top measuring five cubits.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 52:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21The fillet means a measuring line; the pillars were 12 cubits, i. e., 18 feet, in circumference, and thus the diameter would be 5 feet 9 inches. As the brass was four fingers, i. e., scarcely four inches thick, the hollow center would be more than five feet in diameter.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Jeremiah included the phrase and twelve cubits in circumference in the last sentence (see 2 Kings 25:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. eighteen cubits--but in 2Ch 3:15, it is "thirty-five cubits." The discrepancy is thus removed. Each pillar was eighteen common cubits. The two together, deducting the base, were thirty-five, as stated in 2Ch 3:15 [Grotius]. Other ways (for example, by reference to the difference between the common and the sacred cubit) are proposed: though we are not able positively to decide now which is the true way, at least those proposed do show that the…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 52:21

• Fingerbreadth
• Handbreadth
• Jerusalem
• Measure
• Month
• Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan)
• Pillar
• Temple
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Diet
• Fillets
• Jachin and Boaz
• Kings, The Books of
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings