1 Kings 7:15–47

¹⁵He cast the two pillars out of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of the first, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle the second pillar. ¹⁶He made two capitals to place on the tops of the pillars out of molten bronze; the first capital was five cubits in height, and the second capital was five cubits in height. ¹⁷A network of latticework and wreaths of chainwork with small chains were for the capitals which were on top of the pillars; seven for the first capital and seven for the second capital. ¹⁸He also made the pillars with two rows around on the lattice, each to cover the capitals which were on top, out of the pomegranate-shaped ornaments, and thus he did for the second capital as well. ¹⁹And on the capitals which were on top of the pillars in the porch were works of lilies four cubits high. ²⁰And capitals were on the two pillars above near the bulging section which was beside the lattice, and two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments were in rows all around on the second capital. ²¹He set up the pillars for the porch of the main hall; he erected the pillar on the right and called its name Jakin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name Boaz. ²²On the top of the pillars was a work of lilies; and so the work of the pillars was finished.

²³He also made the molten^g sea, ten cubits in diameter,^h and five cubits was its height. A measuring line of thirty cubits would encircle it all around. ²⁴Gourds were under its rim surrounding it all around; ten to the cubit, surrounding the sea all around with two rows of gourds, which were cast when he cast the metal. ²⁵The sea was standing on twelve oxen, with three facing to the north, three facing to the west, three facing to the south, and three facing to the east. The sea was on top of them, with all of their hindquarters turned to the inside. ²⁶Its thickness was a handbreadth, but its rim was as the work on the brim of a cup, like the bud of a lily; it held two thousand baths.

²⁷He made the ten stands of bronze; each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits in height. ²⁸Now this was the construction of the stands: there were frames for them and frames between the crossbars, ²⁹and on the frames which were between the crossbars were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the crossbars both above and beneath the lions and oxen were works of cascading wreaths. ³⁰There were four bronze wheels for each of the stands, with bronze axles; the four support pedestals for these were under the basin, and the supports were decorated on each side with wreaths. ³¹Its opening from the inside of the capital and above was a cubit; its pedestal was a round work of a cubit and a half; moreover, on its opening were the carvings with four-sided frames, not circular. ³²Four of the wheels were underneath the frames, and the axles of the wheels were on the stands. The height of each wheel was a cubit and a half. ³³The construction of the wheel was like the construction of the wheel of the chariot; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their naves were all cast. ³⁴The four supports were the four corners of each stand, with the stand supporting it. ³⁵On top of the stand was half a cubit deep, circular all around, and on the top of the stand were its supports and its frames. ³⁶He engraved on the plates, on its supports, and on its frame cherubim, lions and images of a palm tree, according to the space for each, with wreaths all around. ³⁷He made the ten stands like this in one cast, with the same measurement and shape for each of them.

³⁸He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths; each basin was four cubits, one basin on each of the ten stands. ³⁹He placed five of the stands on the south side of the house and five on the north side of the house, and the sea he set on the southeast side of the house.

⁴⁰Hiram also made the basins and the shovels and the bowls for drinking wine; and so Hiram finished doing all of the work that he was to doⁱ for King Solomon in the house of Yahweh: ⁴¹the two pillars and the bowls of the capitals which were atop the two pillars, and the two lattice works to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were atop the pillars; ⁴²and the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the two lattice works, the two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments for each latticework to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the surface of the pillars; ⁴³and the ten stands and the ten basins on the stands; ⁴⁴and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; ⁴⁵and the pots, the shovels, and the bowls for drinking wine. All the vessels of the tent which Hiram had made for King Solomon for the house of Yahweh were polished bronze. ⁴⁶The king had cast them in the plain of the Jordan with the casting mold set in the ground between Succoth and Zarethan. ⁴⁷Solomon left all of the vessels unweighed because of their very great abundance, so the weight of the bronze could not be determined.