1 Kings 7:13-47

Solomon Employs Hiram of Tyre

¹³ Now King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre . ¹⁴ He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali , and his father was a man of Tyre , a worker in bronze ; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze . So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work . ¹⁵ He fashioned the two pillars of bronze ; eighteen e cubits was the height of one pillar , and a line of twelve e cubits measured the circumference of both . ¹⁶ He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars ; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits . ¹⁷ There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork e for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars ; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital . ¹⁸ So 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 . ¹⁹ The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design , four cubits . ²⁰ There were capitals on the two pillars , even above e and close e to the rounded projection which was beside the network ; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals . ²¹ Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave ; and he set up the right pillar and named e it Jachin , and he set up the left pillar and named e it Boaz . ²² On the top of the pillars was lily design . So the work of the pillars was finished .

The Furnishings for the Temple

²³ Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim , circular in form , and its height was five cubits , and thirty cubits in circumference e e . ²⁴ Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit , completely surrounding the sea ; the gourds were in two rows , cast with the rest . ²⁵ It stood on twelve e 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 . ²⁶ It 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 . ²⁷ Then he made the ten stands of bronze ; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits . ²⁸ This was the design of the stands : they had borders , even borders between the frames , ²⁹ and on the borders which were between the frames were lions , oxen and cherubim ; and on the frames there was a pedestal above e , and beneath e the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work . ³⁰ Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles , and its four feet had supports ; beneath e the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side . ³¹ Its opening inside e the crown at the top was a cubit , and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal , a cubit and a half ; and also on its opening there were engravings , and their borders were square , not round . ³² The four wheels were underneath the borders , and the axles of the wheels were on the stand . And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half . ³³ The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel . Their axles , their rims , their spokes , and their hubs were all cast . ³⁴ Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand ; its supports were part of the stand itself. ³⁵ On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high , and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it. ³⁶ He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders , cherubim , lions and palm trees , according to the clear space on each , with wreaths all around . ³⁷ He made the ten stands like this : all of them had one casting , one measure and one form . ³⁸ He made ten basins of bronze , one basin held forty baths ; each basin was four cubits , and on each of the ten stands was one basin . ³⁹ Then he set the stands , five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house ; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward e the south . ⁴⁰ Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls . So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the Lord : ⁴¹ the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars , and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars ; ⁴² and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks , two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars ; ⁴³ and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands ; ⁴⁴ and the one sea and the twelve e oxen under the sea ; ⁴⁵ and the pails and the shovels and the bowls ; even all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the Lord were of polished bronze . ⁴⁶ In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan . ⁴⁷ Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many ; the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained .