Also he made in front of the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Five. 3 Kings vii. 15., we read each was eighteen cubits. It is probable that each was 17½ and the other half was for the crown, (Calmet) or cornice. (Haydock)