2 Kings 25:13

13 ¹Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of the LORD, and the stands and ²the bronze sea which were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 13-17. And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the
Lord
The two pillars in the temple, Jachin and Boaz. Benjamin of Tudela says ^F23, that in the church of St. Stephen in Rome these pillars now are with the name of Solomon engraved on each; and the Jews at Rome told him, when there, (in the twelfth century,) that on the ninth of Ab (the day the temple was destroyed) every year sweat was found upon them like water; the one, I suppose, will equally be believed as the other, since it is here expressly said that the Chaldeans broke them in pieces. From hence, to the end of ( 2 Kings 25:17 ) is the same with ( Jeremiah 52:7-23 ) , where it is rather more largely and fully expressed; only there is this difference here in ( 2 Kings 25:17 ) the height of the chapiter of a pillar is said to be three cubits, there five cubits; for the reconciliation of which, (See Gill on Jeremiah 52:22).

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Itinerar. p. 13.

2 Kings 25:13 In-Context

11 Then the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the people, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile.

12 But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

13 Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of the LORD , and the stands and the bronze sea which were in the house of the LORD , the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.

14 They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.

15 The captain of the guard also took away the firepans and the basins, what was fine gold and what was fine silver.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 7:15-22; 2 Kings 20:17; 2 Chronicles 3:15-17; 2 Chronicles 36:18
• 2. 1 Kings 7:23-26; 2 Chronicles 4:2-4

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "bronze of them"