14. Huram’s mother was an Israelite from the tribe of Naphtali. His dead father was from Tyre. Huram made things from bronze. He was a very skilled and experienced builder. So King Solomon asked him to come, and Huram accepted. King Solomon put him in charge of all the bronze work, and Huram did all the work he was given to do.
15. Huram made two bronze columns for the porch. Each column was 18 cubits tall and 12 cubits around. The columns were hollow and their metal walls were 3 inches thick.
16. He also made two bronze capitals that were 5 cubits tall. He put these capitals on top of the columns.
17. He made two nets of chain to cover the capitals on top of the two columns.
18. Then he made two rows of bronze pomegranates. He put the bronze pomegranates on the nets of each column to cover the capitals at the top of the columns.
19. The capitals on top of the columns were shaped like flowers.
20. The capitals were on top of the columns, above the bowl-shaped net. There were 200 pomegranates in rows all around the capitals.
21. Huram put these two bronze columns at the porch of the Temple. One column was put on the south side of the entrance and one was put on the north side of it. The column on the south was named Jakin. The column on the north was named Boaz.
22. They put the flower-shaped capitals on top of the columns, and the work on the two columns was finished.
23. Then Huram melted bronze and poured it into a huge mold to make a tank, which was called “The Sea.” The tank was about 30 cubits around. It was 10 cubits across and 5 cubits deep.
24. There was a rim around the outer edge of the tank. Under this rim there were two rows of bronze gourds all around the tank. The bronze gourds were made in one piece as part of the tank.
25. The tank rested on the backs of 12 bronze bulls. All 12 of the bulls were looking out, away from the tank. Three were looking north, three east, three south, and three west.
26. The sides of the tank were 3 inches thick. The rim around the tank was like the rim of a cup or like the petals on a flower. The tank held about 11,000 gallons of water.
27. Then Huram made ten bronze carts. Each cart was 4 cubits long, 4 cubits wide, and 3 cubits high.
28. The carts were made with square panels set in frames.
29. On the panels and frames were bronze bulls, lions, and Cherub angels. There were designs of flowers hammered into the bronze above and below the bulls and lions.
30. Each cart had four bronze wheels with bronze axles. At the corners there were bronze supports for a large bowl. The supports had designs of flowers hammered into the bronze.