2Ki 25:17 | NET2full | STEP | Each of the pillars was about 27 feet high . The bronze top of one pillar was about 4½ feet high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate-shaped ornaments all around it . The second pillar with its latticework was like it .

‏ 2 Kings 25:17

17 Each of the pillars was about 27 feet ^{▼▼tn Heb “18 cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about 18 inches (45 cm) long.} high. The bronze top of one pillar was about 4½ feet ^{▼▼tn Heb “3 cubits.” The parallel passage in Jer 52:22 has “five.”} high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate-shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.