17. The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars in front of the lord’s Temple, the bronze water carts, and the great bronze basin called the Sea, and they carried all the bronze away to Babylon.
18. They also took all the ash buckets, shovels, lamp snuffers, basins, dishes, and all the other bronze articles used for making sacrifices at the Temple.
19. The captain of the guard also took the small bowls, incense burners, basins, pots, lampstands, ladles, bowls used for liquid offerings, and all the other articles made of pure gold or silver.
20. The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea with the twelve bronze oxen beneath it, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the lord’s Temple in the days of King Solomon.
21. Each of the pillars was 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference. They were hollow, with walls 3 inches thick.
22. The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 71/2 feet high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.