1 Kings 7:13-22

13King Solomon had Hiram brought from Tyre.

14Hiram was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father, a native of Tyre, was a skilled bronze craftsman. Hiram was highly skilled, resourceful, and knowledgeable about all kinds of bronze craftsmanship. He came to King Solomon and did all his ⌞bronze⌟ work.

15He made two bronze pillars. Each was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

16He made two capitals of cast bronze to put on top of the pillars. Each capital was 7½ feet high.

17He also made seven rows of filigree and chains for each capital.

18After he made the pillars, he made two rows ⌞of decorations⌟ around the filigree to cover the capitals which were above the pillars. He made the capitals identical to each other.

19The capitals on top of the pillars in the entrance hall were lily-shaped. ⌞Each⌟ was six feet high.

20Two hundred pomegranates in rows were directly above the bowl-shaped parts around the filigree on the capitals on both pillars.

21Hiram set up the pillars in the temple’s entrance hall. He set up the pillar on the right and named it Jachin [He Establishes]. Then he set up the pillar on the left and named it Boaz [In Him Is Strength].

22There were lily-shaped capitals at the top of the pillars. He finished the work on the pillars.