16. The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the lord’s Temple in the days of Solomon.
17. Each of the pillars was 27 feet tall. The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 71/2 feet high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.
18. Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as prisoners Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers.