19. The captain of the guard also took away the basins, and the fire pans, and the bowls, and the cauldrons, and the lampstands, and the spoons, and the cups, what was of fine gold, and what was of fine silver.
20. The two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made in the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.
21. Concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference and in thickness it was four fingers, and hollow.
22. A capital of bronze was upon it, and the height of one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like these.
23. There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network all around.
24. The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three officers of the temple.
25. He also took out of the city one official who had charge of the men of war, and seven men of the advisers of the king who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.
26. So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
27. The king of Babylon struck them and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath.Thus Judah was carried away captive out of its own land.
28. These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive:in the seventh year three thousand and twenty-three Jews.
29. In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzarhe carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons.
30. In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar,Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five.All the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
31. In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Awel-Marduk, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison,
32. and spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
33. Therefore Jehoiachin changed his prison garments and continually ate meals before him all the days of his life.
34. For his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion all the days of his life until the day of his death.