1 Kings 7:15–22

THE BRONZE PILLARS

¹⁵He cast two bronze pillars,^a each 27 feet^M high and 18 feet^N in circumference.^{Ab 16}He also made two capitals^c of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars; 7½ feet was the height of the first capital, and 7½ feet was also the height of the second capital. ¹⁷The capitals on top of the pillars had gratings of latticework, wreaths^C made of chainwork—seven for the first capital and seven for the second.

¹⁸He made the pillars with two encircling rows of pomegranates on the one grating to cover the capital on top; he did the same for the second capital. ¹⁹And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, six feet high. ²⁰The capitals on the two pillars were also immediately above the rounded surface next to the grating, and two hundred pomegranates^d were in rows encircling each^E capital. ²¹He set up the pillars at the portico^e of the sanctuary: he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin;^F then he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz.^{Gf 22}The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. Then the work of the pillars was completed.^g