John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 52:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And a chapiter of brass [was] upon it, etc.] Or a coronet of brass, of molten brass, was set upon the top of the pillar: and the height of one chapiter [was] five cubits; as in (<110716>1 Kings 7:16); but in (<122517>2 Kings 25:17); the height is said to be but three cubits; which is reconciled by the Jewish Rabbins thus, the three superior cubits of it were with ornaments, the two inferior without any; the whole together was five cubits; but, as ornamented, only three: with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all [of] brass; the nets were of chequer work, and wreaths of chain work, and there were seven of them to each chapiter, (<110717>1 Kings 7:17); the second pillar also, and the pomegranates, [were] like unto these; one pillar was exactly like the other, and the ornaments of it the same.

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