¹⁶ The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh—^(A)the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. ^17 (B)The height of the one pillar was eighteen ^[a]cubits, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was three ^[b]cubits, with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these with network.

¹⁸ Then the captain of the guard took ^(C)Seraiah the chief priest and ^(D)Zephaniah the second priest, with the three ^[c]doorkeepers of the temple.