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. ²⁴ All around its edge, below the top, there were two rows of round shapes. They were pictures of fruits called gourds. They were all part of the same piece of bronze as ‘the Sea’. There were 20 gourds for every metre around the edge.