1 Kings 7:13-22

13King Solomon sent for Hiram of Tyre.

14He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

15He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

16He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high.

17The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments.

18When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar.

19The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high.

20On the top of each pillar, right above the bulge beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around.

21He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right side and called it Jakin; he erected the other pillar on the left side and called it Boaz.

22The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the construction of the pillars was completed.