Verse 22
And a chapiter of brass was upon it ,.... 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 1 Kings 7:16 ; but in 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, 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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