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14 He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. Huram was extremely skillful and talented in any work in bronze, and he came to do all the metal work for King Solomon.

15 Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.[a] 16 For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7 1⁄2 feet[b] tall.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:15 Hebrew 18 cubits [8.3 meters] tall and 12 cubits [5.5 meters] in circumference.
  2. 7:16 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.3 meters].

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