¹⁷ Each piece had pictures like rows of chains that joined together. There were seven pictures like this on the top of each pillar. ¹⁸ Hiram also made pictures of two rows of pomegranates around the chains. They covered the tops of the pillars. ¹⁹ The tops of the two pillars were in the shape of flowers called lilies. Each one was 1.8 metres high.