Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
[21]
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did
compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
[22] And a chapiter of brass was
upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters
round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
[23] And
there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were
an hundred round about.
[24] And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah
the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
[25] He took also out of the city an eunuch, which
had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were
found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore
men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
[26] So Nebuzar-adan the captain
of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
[27] And the king of Babylon
smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive
out of his own land.
[28] This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh
year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
[29] In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried
away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
[30] In the three and twentieth year
of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred
forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
[31] And it came to pass in
the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five
and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up
the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
[32] And spake kindly unto
him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
[33] And changed
his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
[34] And for his
diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his
death, all the days of his life.