1 Kings 7:17–20 gives us a detailed description of the artwork on the capitals of these two pillars. For those who are nearly thirty centuries removed from the time of the temple's construction, it is hard to gain a picture from the language. This difficulty is increased by the fact that as Donald Wiseman reminds us, the terms used are technical architectural terms of that era.1
17 Il fit des treillis en forme de réseaux, des festons façonnés en chaînettes, pour les chapiteaux qui étaient sur le sommet des colonnes, sept pour le premier chapiteau, et sept pour le second chapiteau.