Hiram’s Work in the House of Yahweh

¹³ Then ^(A)King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. ^14 (B)He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and ^(C)he was filled with wisdom and discernment and knowledge to do any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and ^(D)did all his work.

¹⁵ And he fashioned ^(E)the two pillars of bronze; ^(F)eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits ^[a]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 ^[b]cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. ¹⁷ There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork 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 Now the capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. ²⁰ And there were capitals on the two pillars, even right above the ^[c]rounded projection which was on the one side of the network; and ^(G)the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around ^[d]both capitals. ^21 (H)Thus he set up the pillars at the ^(I)porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it ^[e]Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it ^[f]Boaz. ²² And on the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished.

^23 (J)And he made the sea of ^(K)cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and ^[g]thirty cubits in its circumference. ²⁴ Now under its brim ^(L)gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, ^(M)entirely encircling the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the Sea when it was cast. ^25 (N)It stood on twelve 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 And it was a ^[h]handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold ^[i]two thousand baths.

²⁷ Then ^(O)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 Now this was the workmanship of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the ^[j]frames, ²⁹ and on the borders which were between the ^[k]frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the ^[l]frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath 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 the laver were cast supports with wreaths at each side. ³¹ And its opening inside the capital at the top was a cubit, and its opening was round like the workmanship of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round. ³² And 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 Now 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 And on the top of the stand there was a circular form half a ^[m]cubit high, and on the top of the stand its ^[n]stays and its borders were part of it. ³⁶ And 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 (P)He made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form.

^38 (Q)He also made ten lavers of bronze, one laver held forty baths; each laver was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one laver. 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 the south.

⁴⁰ And Hiram made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram completed doing all the work that he did for King Solomon in the house of Yahweh: ⁴¹ the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the ^(R)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 ^(S)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 lavers on the stands; ⁴⁴ and ^(T)the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; ⁴⁵ and ^(U)the pots and the shovels and the bowls; and all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of Yahweh were of polished bronze. ^46 (V)On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between ^(W)Succoth and ^(X)Zarethan. ⁴⁷ And Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; ^(Y)the weight of the bronze could not be found out.