1 Kings 7:13-15

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Products of Hiram the Bronzeworker

¹³ Now King Solomon invited and received Hiram from Tyre.^{(A) 14} He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, whose father, a man of Tyre, had been an artisan in bronze; he was full of skill, intelligence, and knowledge in working bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.^(B)

¹⁵ He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of the one, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle it; the second pillar was the same.^[a](C)