1 Kings 7:13-20

¹³King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre.

¹⁴He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was from Tyre, a craftsman who worked in bronze. Hiram had great expertise, understanding and being familiar with all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and carried out all that the king required.

¹⁵He cast two columns in bronze. They were both eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

¹⁶He also cast two capitals in bronze to place on top of the columns. Each capital was five cubits high.

¹⁷He made a network of lattice of interlinked chains for both capitals, seven for each one.

¹⁸Around the lattice network he made two rows of ornamental pomegranates to cover the capitals on the top of both the columns.

¹⁹The capitals placed on top of columns in the porch were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high.

²⁰On the capitals of both columns were the two hundred pomegranates in rows that encircled them, just above the rounded part that was next to the chain network.