These were the chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people doing the work.

He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Hiram was filled with wisdom, understanding, and skill for doing any [kind of] work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his [bronze] work.

On the tops of the pillars was lily work (design). So the work of the pillars was finished.