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1 Kings 7:12-19 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

12. And the great atrium was round, with three rows of cut stones and one row of cut cedar, even as it also was in the interior atrium of the house of the Lord, and in the portico of the house.

13. And king Solomon sent and brought Hiram of Tyre,

14. the son of a widowed woman, from the tribe of Naphtali, whose father was a Tyrian, an artisan in brass, and full of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in order to form every work of brass. And when he had gone to king Solomon, he wrought all his work.

15. And he cast two columns of brass. Each column was eighteen cubits in height, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed both columns.

16. Also, he made two heads of molten brass, which would be set upon the tops of the columns: one head was five cubits in height, and the other head was five cubits in height.

17. And there was something like a network of chains, woven together in a wonderful manner. Both heads of the columns were cast, and seven rows of little nets traversed one head, and seven little nets were on the other head.

18. And he finished the columns with two rows all around each network, so that these covered the heads, which were at the top, with pomegranates. And he did in like manner to the second head.

19. Now the heads that were at the top of the columns, in the portico of four cubits, had been fabricated with a work of lilies.

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