1 Kings 7:13-35

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.

²¹He erected the columns at the entrance porch of the Temple. The southern column he named Jachin, and the northern column he named Boaz.

²²The capitals on the columns were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the columns was finished.

²³Then he made the Sea of cast metal. Its shape was circular, and measured ten cubits from edge to edge, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

²⁴Below the edge it was decorated with ornamental gourds that encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around. They were in two rows cast as one piece with the Sea.

²⁵The Sea stood on twelve metal bulls. Three faced to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east. The Sea was placed on them, with their rears toward the center.

²⁶It was as thick as the width of a hand, and its edge was like the flared edge of a cup or a lily flower. It held two thousand baths.

²⁷He also made ten carts to carry basins. The carts measured four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

²⁸This is how they were put together: side panels were attached to uprights.

²⁹Both the side panels and the uprights were decorated with lions, bulls, and cherubim. Above and below the lions and the bulls were decorative wreaths.

³⁰Each cart had four bronze wheels with bronze axles. A basin rested on four supports that had decorative wreaths on each side.

³¹At the top of each cart was a round opening like a pedestal to hold the basin. The opening was one cubit deep, and one and a half cubits wide. The opening had carvings around it. The panels of the cart were square, not round.

³²The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the cart. Each wheel measured one and a half cubits in diameter.

³³The wheels were made in the same way as chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all made by casting.

³⁴Each cart had four handles, one on each corner, made as part of the stand.

³⁵There was a ring on the top of the cart a half cubit wide. The supports and panels were cast as one piece with the top of the cart.