¹⁵ Hiram made two bronze pillars. Each pillar was 8.2 metres high and 5.5 metres around the outside. The metal itself was about 7 centimetres thick. ¹⁶ He also used bronze to make a top for each pillar. Each piece was 2.3 metres high. ¹⁷ Each piece had pictures like rows of chains that joined together. There were seven pictures like this on the top of each pillar.