Commentaire de citation sur Rois 1 17:5

Eighteen amohs was the height, etc. And in Divrei Hayomim it states, “[their height was] thirty-five amohs.”²²II Divrei Hayomim 3:15. Radak further explains that the 35 amohs that is stated in Divrei Hayomim refers to the length of the column as it lays on the ground; once it is erected it is called height. He cast both as one, and the one amoh which was missing,²³Alternatively, each column was actually 17.5 amohs, and the 18 amohs stated here is an approximation.—Ralbag. Or, the additional amoh was a result of hammering the column. I say, that at the top of each column there was a one half amoh which was not similar to the work of the rest of the column, as it is further stated regarding this subject, “the top of the columns was designed like lilies.”²⁴Below v. 22.