¹⁵ He cast two bronze pillars,^(A) each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.^{[a] 16} He also made two capitals^(B) of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits^[b] 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^[c] encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars.^[d] 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^[e] high. ²⁰ On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates^(C) in rows all around. ²¹ He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin^[f] and the one to the north Boaz.^{[g](D) 22} The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars^(E) was completed.

²³ He made the Sea^(F) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line^(G) of thirty cubits^[h] 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,^(H) 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^[i] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.^[j]

¹⁵ For the front of the temple he made two pillars,^(A) which together were thirty-five cubits^[a] long, each with a capital^(B) five cubits high. ¹⁶ He made interwoven chains^[b](C) and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates^(D) and attached them to the chains. ¹⁷ He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin^[c] and the one to the north Boaz.^[d]

²³ He made the Sea^(A) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line^(B) of thirty cubits^[a] 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,^(C) 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^[b] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.^[c]

² He made the Sea^(A) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits^[a] high. It took a line of thirty cubits^[b] to measure around it. ³ Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.^[c] The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

⁴ The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east.^(B) The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. ⁵ It was a handbreadth^[d] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.^[e]