^12 (A)Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the ^(B)nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, ^(C)Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who stood before the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. ¹³ And he ^(D)burned the house of Yahweh, the ^(E)king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire. ¹⁴ So all the military force of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard ^(F)tore down all the walls around Jerusalem. ¹⁵ Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard ^(G)took away into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who remained in the city, the ^[a](H)defectors who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the artisans. ¹⁶ But ^(I)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had some of the poorest of the land remain to be vinedressers and ^[b]plowmen.

¹⁷ Now the bronze ^(J)pillars which belonged to the house of Yahweh and the ^(K)stands and the bronze ^(L)sea, which were in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans shattered and carried all their bronze to Babylon. ¹⁸ They also took away the ^(M)pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the bowls, the ^[c]pans, and all the bronze vessels which were used to minister. ¹⁹ And the captain of the guard also took away the ^(N)cups, the firepans, the bowls, the pots, the lampstands, the ^[d]pans, and the offering bowls, what was fine gold and what was fine silver. ²⁰ The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under ^[e]the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh—the bronze of all these vessels was ^(O)beyond weight. ²¹ As for the pillars, the ^(P)height of each pillar was ^[f]eighteen cubits, and ^[g]it was twelve cubits in ^(Q)circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow. ²² Now a ^(R)capital of bronze was on it; and the height of each capital was five cubits, with network and ^(S)pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates. ²³ There were ninety-six ^[h]exposed pomegranates; all ^(T)the pomegranates numbered one hundred on the network all around.