1 Kings, 7:20: "And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter."
2 Chronicles, 4:20: "Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps and the censers were of gold."
2 Chronicles, 3:6: "And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold of Parvaim."
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On pillar, and pommel, and chapiter high.
2 Chronicles, 4:11,12: "And Hiram finished the work that he was to make for King Solomon for the house of God."
"To wit: the two pillars and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars."
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The Cedars of Lebanon thrilled with the wail,
That swept, like a torrent, Jehoshaphat's vale.
It is related by Josephus, that when the Jews perceived the conflagration of the Holy House, they broke out into such groans and outcries that all the mountains round about the city returned the echo.