2 Kings 25:9-17

9He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

10The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

11Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

12But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.

13The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the Lord’s temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called the “The Sea.” They took the bronze to Babylon.

14They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.

15The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers and basins.

16The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord’s temple – including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” and the movable stands – was too heavy to be weighed.

17Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.