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21 Hiram put these two pillars at the entrance room of the temple, in front of the big hall, the hall of pillars in the temple. He called the pillar on the south side ‘Jakin’. He called the pillar on the north side ‘Boaz’. 22 The tops of the pillars were in the shape of flowers called lilies. Hiram finished the work on the two bronze pillars.

23 Hiram also used bronze to make a big bath which they called ‘the Sea’.[a] It was in the shape of a circle 4.5 metres across. It was 2.3 metres deep. It was 14 metres around the outside.

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  1. 7:23 The Sea was something special. It was full of water. The priests used this to wash themselves when they went into the temple.