^14 (A)He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and ^(B)he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and ^(C)performed all his work.

¹⁵ He fashioned ^(D)the two pillars of bronze; ^(E)eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits ^[a]measured the circumference of both. ¹⁶ He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five ^[b]cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits.