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^(C1)Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the ^(C2)nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, ^(C3)Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who ^(F1)was in the service of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

And he ^(C1)burned the house of the LORD, the ^(C2)king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.

So the entire army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard ^(C1)tore down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard ^(C1)took into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, the ^(C2)deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

But ^(C1)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

Now the bronze ^(C1)pillars which belonged to the house of the LORD and the ^(C2)stands and the bronze ^(F1)(C3)sea, which were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans smashed to pieces and carried all their bronze to Babylon.

They also took the ^(C1)pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the ^(F1)pans, and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.

The captain of the guard also took the ^(C1)bowls, the firepans, the basins, the pots, the lampstands, the ^(F1)pans, and the drink offering bowls, whatever was fine gold, and whatever was fine silver.

The two pillars, the one ^(F1)sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under ^(F1)the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD—the bronze of all these vessels was ^(C1)beyond weight.

As for the pillars, the ^(C1)height of each pillar was ^(F1)eighteen cubits, and ^(F2)it was twelve cubits in ^(C1)circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow.

Also, a ^(C1)capital of bronze was on top of it; and the height of each capital was ^(F1)five cubits, with latticework and ^(C2)pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates.

There were ninety-six ^(F1)exposed pomegranates; all ^(C1)the pomegranates numbered a hundred on the latticework all around.