1Kings:7:13-51

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* Now King Solomon sent and brought Huram from Tyre . * He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali , and his father was a man of Tyre , a bronze worker ; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in working with all kinds of bronze work . So he came to King Solomon and did all his work . * And he cast two pillars of bronze , each one eighteen cubits high , and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each . * Then he made two capitals of cast bronze , to set on the tops of the pillars . The height of one capital was five cubits , and the height of the other capital was five cubits . * He made a lattice network , with wreaths of chainwork , for the capitals which were on top of the pillars : seven chains for one capital and seven for the other capital . * So he made the pillars , and two rows of pomegranates above the network all around to cover the capitals that were on top ; and thus he did for the other capital . * The capitals which were on top of the pillars in the hall were in the shape of lilies , four cubits . * The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranates above , by the convex surface which was next to the network ; and there were two hundred such pomegranates in rows on each of the capitals all around . * Then he set up the pillars by the vestibule of the temple ; he set up the pillar on the right and called its name Jachin , and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name Boaz . * The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies . So the work of the pillars was finished . * And he made the Sea of cast bronze , ten cubits from one brim to the other ; it was completely round . Its height was five cubits , and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference . * Below its brim were ornamental buds encircling it all around , ten to a cubit , all the way around the Sea . The ornamental buds were cast in two rows when it was cast . * It stood on twelve oxen : three looking toward the north , three looking toward the west , three looking toward the south , and three looking toward the east ; the Sea was set upon them , and all their back parts pointed inward . * It was a handbreadth thick ; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup , like a lily blossom . It contained two thousand baths . * He also made ten carts of bronze ; four cubits was the length of each cart , four cubits its width , and three cubits its height . * And this was the design of the carts : They had panels , and the panels were between frames ; * on the panels that were between the frames were lions , oxen , and cherubim . And on the frames was a pedestal on top . Below the lions and oxen were wreaths of plaited work . * Every cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze , and its four feet had supports . Under the laver were supports of cast bronze beside each wreath . * Its opening inside the crown at the top was one cubit in diameter ; and the opening was round , shaped like a pedestal , one and a half cubits in outside diameter ; and also on the opening were engravings , but the panels were square , not round . * Under the panels were the four wheels , and the axles of the wheels were joined to the cart . The height of a wheel was one and a half cubits . * The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel ; their axle pins , their rims , their spokes , and their hubs were all of cast bronze . * And there were four supports at the four corners of each cart ; its supports were part of the cart itself . * On the top of the cart , at the height of half a cubit , it was perfectly round . And on the top of the cart , its flanges and its panels were of the same casting . * On the plates of its flanges and on its panels he engraved cherubim , lions , and palm trees , wherever there was a clear space on each , with wreaths all around . * Thus he made the ten carts . All of them were of the same mold , one measure , and one shape . * Then he made ten lavers of bronze ; each laver contained forty baths , and each laver was four cubits . On each of the ten carts was a laver . * And he put five carts on the right side of the house , and five on the left side of the house . He set the Sea on the right side of the house , toward the southeast . * Huram made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls . So Huram finished doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of the LORD : * the two pillars , the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars ; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars ; * four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network , to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the pillars ); * the ten carts , and ten lavers on the carts ; * one Sea , and twelve oxen under the Sea ; * the pots , the shovels , and the bowls . All these articles which Huram made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of burnished bronze . * In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds , between Succoth and Zaretan . * And Solomon did not weigh all the articles , because there were so many ; the weight of the bronze was not determined . * Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of the LORD : the altar of gold , and the table of gold on which was the showbread ; * the lampstands of pure gold , five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary , with the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold ; * the basins , the trimmers , the bowls , the ladles , and the censers of pure gold ; and the hinges of gold , both for the doors of the inner room (the Most Holy Place ) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple . * So all the work that King Solomon had done for the house of the LORD was finished ; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated : the silver and the gold and the furnishings . He put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD .

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