14. He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. He was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill to do any kind of work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his [bronze] work.
15. He fashioned the two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference.
16. He made two capitals of molten bronze to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of each capital was five cubits.
17. Nets of checkerwork and wreaths of chainwork for the capitals were on the tops of the pillars, seven for each capital.