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2 Chronicles 36 18
He carried away to Babylon all the items in God’s temple, whether large or small, as well as what was in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and in the treasuries of the king and his officials.
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Lamentations 1:10
An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple– those whom you had commanded:“ They must not enter your assembly place.”כ( Kaf)
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2 Kings 20 17
‘ Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the LORD.
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Jeremiah 52:17-20
The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the temple of the LORD, as well as the movable stands and the large bronze basin called the“ The Sea.” They took all the bronze to Babylon.They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, basins, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels.The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple( including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called“ The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“ The Sea,” and the movable stands) was too heavy to be weighed.
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1 Kings 7 15
He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.
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1 Kings 7 23-1 Kings 7 45
He also made the large bronze basin called“ The Sea.” It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings 15 feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with“ The Sea.”“ The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward.“ The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.The stands were constructed with frames between the joints.On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubs. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths.Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet high.The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.Each stand had four supports, one per side projecting out from the stand.On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.He engraved ornamental cherubs, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand.He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put“ The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the LORD’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.He made the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars( each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),the ten movable stands with their ten basins,the big bronze basin called“ The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the LORD’s temple were made from polished bronze.
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Jeremiah 27:19-22
For the LORD who rules over all has already spoken about the two bronze pillars, the large bronze basin called‘ The Sea,’ and the movable bronze stands. He has already spoken about the rest of the valuable articles that are left in this city.He has already spoken about these things that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiakim’s son King Jeconiah of Judah and the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem away as captives.Indeed, the LORD God of Israel who rules over all has already spoken about the valuable articles that are left in the LORD’s temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem.He has said,‘ They will be carried off to Babylon. They will remain there until it is time for me to show consideration for them again. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’ I, the LORD, affirm this!”
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2 Chronicles 4 2-2 Chronicles 4 6
He also made the big bronze basin called“ The Sea.” It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with“ The Sea.”“ The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward.“ The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons.He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in“ The Sea.”
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Exodus 27:3
You are to make its pots for the ashes, its shovels, its tossing bowls, its meat hooks, and its fire pans– you are to make all its utensils of bronze.
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2 Chronicles 4 12-2 Chronicles 4 16
He made the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars( each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),the ten movable stands with their ten basins,the big bronze basin called“ The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the LORD’s temple were made from polished bronze.