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2 Kings 25:8-21

8 ^aIn the fifth month, on ^bthe seventh day of the month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 ^cAnd he burned the house of the Lord ^dand the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, ^ebroke down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 ^fAnd the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile. 12 But the captain of the guard left ^gsome of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

13 ^hAnd the pillars ⁱof bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and ^jthe stands and ^kthe bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 ^lAnd they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service, 15 the fire pans also and the bowls. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver. 16 As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, ^mthe bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. 17 ⁿThe height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits ^{▼

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A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} and on it was a capital of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits. A latticework and pomegranates, all of bronze, were all around the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with the latticework.

18 ^pAnd the captain of the guard took ^qSeraiah the chief priest and ^rZephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; 19 and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and ^sfive men of the king’s council who were found in the city; and the secretary 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 city. 20 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ^tRiblah. 21 And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at ^uRiblah in the land of Hamath. ^vSo Judah was taken into exile out of its land.