7:18a Likewise

He did this for the tops of both columns.
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Huram decorated the head/crown of each pillar in the same way.

7:18b he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating

The text of the MT is difficult to understand and may contain errors. The New International Version and these meaning lines follow the Septuagint (LXX) in reading “pomegranates” where the MT has “pillars.”

Huram fashioned/formed ⌊bronze⌋ pomegranates. Two rows of these pomegranates/fruit ⌊images⌋ went around the net ⌊of chains⌋
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Huram shaped models/images of ⌊metal⌋ pomegranate fruit. He set them in two rows around the outside of the braids

7:18c to cover each capital atop the pillars.

The New International Version and these meaning lines follow the Septuagint (LXX) and those Hebrew manuscripts that read “pillars” where the MT has “pomegranates.”

to cover the tops of the columns.
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to decorate the heads/crowns of each pillar.

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