 According to a later passage from the books of kings, King Ahaz dismantled these bases, and removed the "misgeroth"/"sygleiston"; it doesn't mention whether he did anything to the lavers themselves, but if they remained they would presubably have been situated significantly lower than they were before.However, an even later passage states that Nebuchadnezzar's army dismantled the bases.The ten lavers are described by the bible as being placed around the Temple building itself, five on the north side and the other five on the south.