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1 Kings 7:41

39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.

40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

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BSB
the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
KJV
The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
WEB
the two pillars; the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
ASV
the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
DARBY
two pillars, and the globes of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;
BLB
The two pillars; and the bowl-shaped capitals that [were] on top of the two pillars; and the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals that [were] on top of the pillars;
ÅB
to søyler og to skåler på søylehodene på toppen av søylene, og de to nettverk til å dekke de to skåler på søylehodene på toppen av søylene,
OTB
de to søylene og de to bollene til kapitélene som var på toppen av de to søylene, og de to gitterverkene for å dekke de to bollene til kapitélene som var på toppen av søylene;
B1930
to søiler og to skåler på søilehodene på toppen av søilene, og de to nettverk til å dekke de to skåler på søilehodene på toppen av søilene,

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  • 1 Kings 7:15–22

    For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

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  • 2 Chronicles 4:12

    To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;

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