1 Kings 7:13-28

New International Version

The Temple’s Furnishings^(A)(B)

¹³ King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,^{[a](C) 14} whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom,^(D) with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all^(E) the work assigned to him.

¹⁵ He cast two bronze pillars,^(F) each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.^{[b] 16} He also made two capitals^(G) of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits^[c] high. ¹⁷ A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. ¹⁸ He made pomegranates in two rows^[d] encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars.^[e] He did the same for each capital. ¹⁹ The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits^[f] high. ²⁰ On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates^(H) in rows all around. ²¹ He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin^[g] and the one to the north Boaz.^{[h](I) 22} The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars^(J) was completed.

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

²⁵ The Sea stood on twelve bulls,^(M) 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. ²⁶ It was a handbreadth^[j] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.^[k]

²⁷ He also made ten movable stands^(N) of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.^{[l] 28} This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights.