1 Kings 7:13-22

Hiram, Master Craftsman, Arrives

1 Kings 7:13-22
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King Shlomo sent for Hiram and brought him from Tzor.
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He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naftali, but his father was from Tzor, a bronze-worker filled with wisdom, understanding and skill for all kinds of bronze craftsmanship. He came to King Shlomo and did all his bronzework.
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He made the two bronze columns, each one thirty-one-and-a-half feet high and twenty-one feet in circumference.
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He made two capitals of melted bronze to set on the tops of the columns; each capital was eight-and-three-quarters feet high;
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he also made checker-work nets and chained wreaths, seven for the top of each capital.
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When he made the columns, he made two rows of pomegranates to put at the top of each column around the netting covering its capital.
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The capitals on the columns in the hall had shapes like lilies and were seven feet high.
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As for the capitals on the two columns, there were 200 pomegranates in rows around each capital near the molding by the netting.
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He erected the columns in the hall of the temple; on erecting the right column he gave it the name "Yakhin," and on erecting the left column he named it "Bo'az."
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On the tops of the columns were shapes like lilies; thus the work of the columns was finished.
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