¹⁶ As for the two pillars, the one basin, and the water carts that Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.^{(A) 17} One pillar was twenty-seven feet^[a] tall and had a bronze capital on top of it. The capital, encircled by a grating and pomegranates of bronze, stood five feet^[b] high. The second pillar was the same, with its own grating.^(B)

The Bronze Pillars

¹⁵ In front of the temple^(A) he made two pillars, each 27 feet^[a] high. The capital on top of each was 7½ feet high.