John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 7:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars, etc.] These were large ovals in the form of a crown, as the word signifies; or like two crowns joined together, as Ben Gersom; or bowls, as they are called, (<110741>1 Kings 7:41), the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits; in (<122517>2 Kings 25:17) they are said to be but three cubits high; but that is to be understood only of the ornamented part of them, the wreathen work and pomegranates on them, as there expressed; here it includes, with that, the part below unornamented.

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