11. Then Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard exiled the people who were left in the city, those who had already surrendered to Babylon’s king, and the rest of the population.
12. The commander of the guard left some of the land’s poor people behind to work the vineyards and be farmers.
13. The Chaldeans shattered the bronze columns, the stands, and the bronze Sea that were in the Lord’s temple. They carried the bronze off to Babylon.
14. They also took the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the dishes, and all the bronze items that had been used in the temple.
15. The commander of the guard took the fire pans and the sprinkling bowls, which were made of pure gold and pure silver.
16. The bronze in all these objects—the two pillars, the Sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple—was too heavy to weigh.