1 Kings 7:15-32

15He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.1 16He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.2 17For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.3

18Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars. 19And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.4 20On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.

21Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin,5 and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.6 22And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.

23He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.7 24Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

25The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center. 26It was a handbreadth thick,8 and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.9

27In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.10

28This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights, 29and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.

30Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side. 31The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep,11 with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide.12 And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.

32There were four wheels under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand; each wheel was a cubit and a half in diameter.