As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or general of the army, in this action.
Commenting on Jeremiah 52:12-23
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits,.... As in Kg1 7:15; said to be thirty five, Ch2 3:15; of the reconciliation of which; see Gill on Ch2 3:15, and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; a thread or line of that measure encompassed each of the pillars, Kg1 7:15; and the thickness thereof was four fingers; either of...
bulls . . . under the bases--But the bulls were not "under the bases," but under the sea (Kg1 7:25, Kg1 7:27, Kg1 7:38); the ten bases were not under the sea, but under the ten lavers. In English Version, "bases," therefore, must mean the lower parts of the sea under which the bulls were.