1 Kings 7:15–26

¹⁵He fashioned ^athe two pillars of bronze; ^beighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits ¹measured the circumference of both.

¹⁶He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five ¹cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

¹⁷There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.

¹⁸So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital.

¹⁹The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits.

²⁰There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the ¹rounded projection which was beside the network; and ^athe pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around ²both capitals.

^21aThus he set up the pillars at the ^bporch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it ¹Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it ²Boaz.

²²On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished.

^23aNow he made the sea of ^bcast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and ¹thirty cubits in circumference.

²⁴Under its brim ^agourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, ^bcompletely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast ¹with the rest.

^25aIt stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward.

²⁶It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths.