Came in chains of bronze, was bound in chains of bronze
Figuratively: was shackled in fetters. Was arrested or put in prison.
("And the king lamented over Abner, and said: Should Abner die as a fool dies? Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in bronze fetters; as a man falls before wicked men, so you fell" – II Samuel 3:33 (David's lament over Abner's death), and also: "But the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze chains; and he did grind in the prison house" – Judges 16:21 (about Samson's capture by the Philistines), and also: "For it was clear to me as two and two / that they would lead you because of me in bronze chains / and even then my heart would not turn from you" – Alexander Penn, ‘Confession’)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּא בִּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם, נֶאֱסַר בִּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּמְלִיצָה: נֶאֱזַק בַּאֲזִקִּים. נֶעֱצַר אוֹ הוּשַׂם בַּכֶּלֶא.
("וַיְקֹנֵן הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל אַבְנֵר וַיֹּאמַר הַכְּמוֹת נָבָל יָמוּת אַבְנֵר? יָדֶךָ לֹא אֲסֻרוֹת וְרַגְלֶיךָ לֹא לִנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם הֻגַּשׁוּ כִּנְפוֹל לִפְנֵי בְנֵי עַוְלָה נָפָלְתָּ"- שְׁמוּאֵל ב ג לג (קינת דּוֹד עַל מָוֶת אַבְנֵר), וְכֵן:"וַיֹּאחֲזוּהוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיְנַקְּרוּ אֶת עֵינָיו וַיּוֹרִידוּ אוֹתוֹ עַזָּתָה וַיַּאַסְרוּהוּ בַּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם וַיְהִי טוֹחֵן בְּבֵית הָאֲסוּרִים"- שׁוֹפְטִים טז כא (עַל תפיסת שִׁמְשׁוֹן בִּידֵי פלישתים), וְכֵן:"כִּי הָיָה לִי בָּרוּר כְּמוֹ שְׁתֵּים ושתים/ שיובילו אוֹתְךָ בגללי בִּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם/ וְגַם אָז לְבָבִי לֹא יסור מעמך"- אלכסנדר פֶּן/ וִדּוּי)