2 Kings 25:1-17

11Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, 2Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it, and 3built a siege wall all around 4it. 2So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3On the ninth day of the fourth month 5the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 46Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls that were beside 7the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And 8they went by way of the Arabah. 5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. 6Then 9they captured the king and 10brought him up to the king of Babylon at 11Riblah, and he 12passed sentence on him. 7And 13they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then 14put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.

815Now on the seventh day of the 16fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9And 17he burned the house of the Lord, 18the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. 10So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the bodyguards 19tore down the walls around Jerusalem. 11Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguards, led into exile 20the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the 21people. 12But the captain of the bodyguards left some of 22the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

1323Now the Chaldeans smashed to pieces the bronze pillars which were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and 24the bronze 25Sea which were in the house of the Lord, and carried the 26bronze to Babylon. 1427And they took away the pots, the shovels, the 28shears, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils 29which were used in temple service. 15The captain of the bodyguards also took away the firepans and the basins, what was fine gold and what was fine silver. 16The two pillars, the one Sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord--3031the bronze of all these articles was too heavy to weigh. 1732The height of the one pillar was 33eighteen cubits, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was 34three cubits, with latticework and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, same features with latticework.