The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple &#8211; including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called &#8220;The Sea,&#8221; the twelve bronze bulls under &#8220;The Sea,&#8221;<n id="1" /> and the movable stands &#8211; was too heavy to be weighed.

He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the Arabah in the south,<n id="1" /> in accordance with the word of the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel announced through<n id="2" /> his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

<p class="bodytext">King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took &#8220;The Sea&#8221;<n id="1" /> down from the bronze bulls that supported it<n id="2" /> and put it on the pavement.

<p class="bodytext">The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called the &#8220;The Sea.&#8221;<n id="1" /> They took the bronze to Babylon.