¹³The Babylonians broke^z up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried the bronze to Babylon. ¹⁴They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes^a and all the bronze articles^b used in the temple service. ¹⁵The commander of the imperial guard took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—all that were made of pure gold or silver.^c

¹⁶The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the movable stands, which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed. ¹⁷Each pillar^d was eighteen cubits^e high. The bronze capital on top of one pillar was three cubits^f high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its network, was similar.

¹⁸The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah^e the chief priest, Zephaniah^f the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.^g ¹⁹Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city. ²⁰Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. ²¹There at Riblah,^h in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.ⁱ

So Judah went into captivity,^j away from her land.^k

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Footnotes

eThat is, about 27 feet or about 8.1 meters
fThat is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters

Cross references

zSee 1 Ki 7:50
aSee Nu 7:14
bSee 2 Ki 24:13; Ezr 1:7
cSee 2 Ki 24:13; Jer 15:13; 20:5; 27:16–22
d 1 Ki 7:15–22
ever 18–21; 1 Ch 6:14; Ezr 7:1; Ne 11:11
f Jer 21:1; 29:25; 37:3
gSee 2 Ki 12:9; See 23:4
hSee Nu 34:11
i Jer 34:21
jSee 1 Ki 8:46
kSee Ge 12:7; See Jos 23:13