9. All of those buildings were made out of blocks of very fine stone. They were cut to the right size. They were shaped with a saw on the back and front sides. Those stones were used for the outside of each building and for the large courtyard. They were also used from the foundations up to the roofs.
10. Large blocks of very fine stone were used for the foundations. Some were 15 feet long. Others were 12 feet long.
11. The walls that were above them were made out of very fine stones. The stones were cut to the right size. On top of them was a layer of cedar beams.
12. The large courtyard had a wall around it. The first three layers of the wall were made out of blocks of stone. The top layer was made out of beautiful cedar wood. The same thing was done with the inside courtyard of the Lord's temple and its porch.
13. King Solomon sent messengers to Tyre. He wanted them to bring Huram back with them.
14. Huram's mother was a widow. She was from the tribe of Naphtali. Huram's father was from Tyre. He was skilled in working with bronze. Huram also was very skilled. He had done all kinds of work with bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all of the work he was asked to do.
15. Huram made two bronze pillars. Each of them was 27 feet high. And each was 18 feet around.
16. Each pillar had a decorated top that was made out of bronze. Each top was seven and a half feet high.
17. Chains that were linked together hung down from the tops of the pillars. There were seven chains for each top.
18. Huram made two rows of pomegranates. They circled the chains. The pomegranates decorated the tops of the pillars. Huram did the same thing for each pillar.
19. The tops on the pillars of the porch were shaped like lilies. The lilies were 6 feet high.
20. On the tops of both pillars were 200 pomegranates. They were in rows all around the tops. They were above the part that was shaped like a bowl. And they were next to the chains.
21. Huram set the pillars up at the temple porch. The pillar on the south he named Jakin. The one on the north he named Boaz.
22. The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work on the pillars was finished.
23. Huram made a huge metal bowl for washing. Its shape was round. It measured 15 feet from rim to rim. It was seven and a half feet high. And it was 45 feet around.
24. Below the rim there was a circle of gourds around the bowl. In every 18 inches around the bowl there were ten gourds. The gourds were arranged in two rows. They were made as part of the bowl itself.
25. The huge bowl stood on 12 bulls. Three of them faced north. Three faced west. Three faced south. And three faced east. The bowl rested on top of them. Their rear ends were toward the center.
26. The bowl was three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup. The rim was shaped like the bloom of a lily. The bowl held 11,500 gallons of water.
27. Huram also made ten stands out of bronze. They could be moved around. Each stand was six feet long. It was six feet wide. And it was four and a half feet high.