1 Kings 7:15–26

¹⁵He cast two bronze pillars,^l each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.^{h 16}He also made two capitals^m of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubitsⁱ high. ¹⁷A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. ¹⁸He made pomegranates in two rows^j encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars.^k He did the same for each capital. ¹⁹The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits^l high. ²⁰On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranatesⁿ in rows all around. ²¹He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin^m and the one to the north Boaz.^{no 22}The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars^p was completed.

²³He made the Sea^q of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line^r of thirty cubits^o to measure around it. ²⁴Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

²⁵The Sea stood on twelve bulls,^s three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. ²⁶It was a handbreadth^p in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.^q