New English Translation

1 Kings 7:14-20 New English Translation (NET)

14. He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

15. He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

16. He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high.

17. The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments.

18. When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar.

19. The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high.

20. On the top of each pillar, right above the bulge beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around.