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(A)—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[a] that King Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.

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Footnotes

  1. 52:20 LXX, Syr; MT reads oxen under the water carts

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