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17 Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars for the LORD’s temple and the water carts and the bronze basin that were in the LORD’s temple, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon. 18 They also took the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, dishes, and all the bronze articles used in the temple service. 19 The captain of the guards took away the bowls, firepans, sprinkling basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls —whatever was gold or silver. 20 As for the two pillars, the one basin, with the twelve bronze oxen under it, and the water carts that King Solomon had made for the LORD’s temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. 21 One pillar was 27 feet tall, had a circumference of 18 feet, was hollow—four fingers thick— 22 and had a bronze capital on top of it. One capital, encircled by bronze grating and pomegranates, stood 7 1 /2 feet high. The second pillar was the same, with pomegranates. 23 Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates all around it. All the pomegranates around the grating numbered one hundred. Jeremiah 52:17-23, Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers.
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