1 Kings 7:15–26

The Two Bronze Columns

¹⁵Huram cast two bronze columns, each one 8 metres tall and 5.3 metres in circumference,^s and placed them at the entrance of the Temple. ¹⁶He also made two bronze capitals, each one 2.2 metres tall, to be placed on top of the columns. ¹⁷The top of each column was decorated with a design of interwoven chains,^{t 18}and two rows of bronze pomegranates.

¹⁹The capitals were shaped like lilies, 1.8 metres tall, ²⁰and were placed on a rounded section which was above the chain design. There were 200 pomegranates in two rows round each^u capital.

²¹Huram placed these two bronze columns in front of the entrance of the Temple: the one on the south side was named Jachin,^v and the one on the north was named Boaz.^{w 22}The lily-shaped bronze capitals were on top of the columns.

And so the work on the columns was completed.

The Bronze Tank

²³Huram made a round tank of bronze, 2.2 metres deep, 4.4 metres in diameter, and 13.2 metres in circumference. ²⁴All round the outer edge of the rim of the tank^x were two rows of bronze gourds, which had been cast all in one piece with the rest of the tank. ²⁵The tank rested on the backs of twelve bronze bulls that faced outwards, three facing in each direction. ²⁶The sides of the tank were 75 millimetres thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, curving outwards like the petals of a lily. The tank held about 40,000 litres.