¹⁶ He also made two capitals^(A) of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars; 2.25 metres^[a] was the height of the first capital, and 2.25 metres was also the height of the second capital. ¹⁷ The capitals on top of the pillars had gratings of latticework, wreaths^[b] made of chainwork – seven for the first capital and seven for the second.

¹⁸ He made the pillars with two encircling rows of pomegranates on the one grating to cover the capital on top; he did the same for the second capital. ¹⁹ And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, 1.8 metres^[c] high. ²⁰ The capitals on the two pillars were also immediately above the rounded surface next to the grating, and two hundred pomegranates^(B) were in rows encircling each^[d] capital.

⁴¹ two pillars;^(A) bowls for the capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars;^{(B) 42} the four hundred pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars^(C));

¹² two pillars; the bowls and the capitals on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars; ¹³ the four hundred pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars^(A)).