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2 Kings 25:13-17

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13 1And the pillars 2of bronze that were in the house of the LORD, and 3the stands and 4the bronze sea that were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.
14 5And they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service,
15 the fire pans also and the bowls. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver.
16 As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, 6the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.
17 7The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,[a] and on it was a capital of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits. A latticework and pomegranates, all of bronze, were all around the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with the latticework.
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2 Kings 25:13-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 25

In this chapter is an account of the siege, taking, and burning of the city of Jerusalem, and of the carrying captive the king and the inhabitants to Babylon, 2Ki 25:1-12, as also of the pillars and vessels of the temple brought thither, 2Ki 25:13-17 and of the putting to death several of the principal persons of the land, 2Ki 25:18-22, and of the miserable condition of the rest under Gedaliah, whom Ishmael slew, 2Ki 25:23-26, and the chapter, and so the history, is concluded with the kindness Jehoiachin met with from the king of Babylon, after thirty seven years' captivity, 2Ki 25:27-30.

&c.] Of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. From hence to the end of 2Ki 25:7, the account exactly agrees with Jer 52:4-11. 18182-941226-1348-2Ki25.2

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

  • 1. [Jeremiah 27:19, 22]; For ver. 13-17, see 2 Chronicles 36:18-20; Jeremiah 52:17-23
  • 2. 1 Kings 7:15
  • 3. 1 Kings 7:27
  • 4. 1 Kings 7:23
  • 5. Exodus 27:3; 1 Kings 7:45, 50
  • 6. 1 Kings 7:47
  • 7. [1 Kings 7:15-18; 2 Chronicles 3:15]

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
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