15. They took away everything that was made of gold or silver, including the small bowls and the pans used for carrying live coals.
16. The bronze objects that King Solomon had made for the Temple — the two columns, the carts, and the large tank — were too heavy to weigh.
17. The two columns were identical: each one was eight metres high, with a bronze capital on top, 1.3 metres high. All round each capital was a bronze grating decorated with pomegranates made of bronze.