¹³ He carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and broke up all the gold utensils that Solomon, king of Israel, had provided in the house of the Lord, as the Lord had decreed.^(A)

¹³ The bronze columns that belonged to the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke into pieces; they carried away the bronze to Babylon.^{(A) 14} They took also the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the cups and all the bronze articles used for service.^{(B) 15} The fire pans and the bowls that were of solid gold or silver the captain of the guard also carried off.^{(C) 16} The two columns, the one bronze sea, and the stands, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord—the weight in bronze of all these articles was never calculated.^{(D) 17} Each of the columns was eighteen cubits high; a bronze capital three cubits high surmounted each column, and a netting with pomegranates encircled the capital, all of bronze; and they were duplicated on the other column, on the netting.^(E)