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International Version</a></span><br />They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They also took all the ash buckets, shovels, lamp snuffers, ladles, and all the other bronze articles used for making sacrifices at the Temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And 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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They also took away the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they took away the pots, the shovels, the shears, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils which were used in temple service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels which were used in <i>temple</i> service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels which were used to minister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze articles which were used in the <i>temple</i> service,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They also took the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the bronze articles used in the priests’ service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They also took the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the dishes, and all the bronze articles used in temple service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They carried off the bronze things used for worship at the temple, including the pans for hot ashes, and the shovels, snuffers, and also the dishes for incense, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They took the pots, shovels, snuffers, dishes, and all the bronze utensils used in the temple service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They also took away the shovels and the ash containers used in cleaning the altar, the tools used in tending the lamps, the bowls used for catching the blood from the sacrifices, the bowls used for burning incense, and all the other bronze articles used in the Temple service. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They also confiscated the pots, shovels, snuffers, spoons, and the rest of the bronze vessels that were used in ministry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, they took away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they minister, they have taken;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they minister they have taken,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the dishes, and all the vessels of brass which they served in them, they took.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They took away also the pots of brass, and the mazers, and the forks, and the cups, and the mortars, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Also, they took away the cooking pots of brass, and the scoops, and the forks, and the cups, and the little mortars, and all the articles of brass with which they were ministering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They took also the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the cups and all the bronze articles used for service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the dishes for incense, and all the bronze vessels used in the temple service,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the pots and the cauldrons and the large hanging pots and the snuffers and the spoons and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, they took away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The metal pots and the cauldrons and large hanging pots and spoons and all implements of brass with which they served, they took.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the pans, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the caldrons, and the shovels, and the bowls, and the censers, and all the brazen vessels with which they minister, he took.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/25-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=8753" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/25.htm">The Temple Destroyed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">They also</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qā·ḥū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">took away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5518.htm" title="5518: has·sî·rōṯ (Art:: N-cp) -- Or ciyrah; or cirah; from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn; by implication, a hook.">the pots,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3257.htm" title="3257: hay·yā·‘îm (Art:: N-mp) -- A shovel. From ya'ah; a shovel.">shovels,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4212.htm" title="4212: ham·zam·mə·rō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Snuffers. From zamar; a tweezer.">wick trimmers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: hak·kap·pō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">dishes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kə·lê (N-mpc) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">the articles</a> <a href="/hebrew/5178.htm" title="5178: han·nə·ḥō·šeṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Copper, bronze. For nchuwshah; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. Coin, a fetter; figuratively, base.">of bronze</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8334.htm" title="8334: yə·šā·rə·ṯū- (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp) -- To minister, serve. A primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to.">used in the temple service.</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇām (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-18.htm">Jeremiah 52:18-19</a></span><br />They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service. / The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-18.htm">2 Chronicles 36:18</a></span><br />who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/27-19.htm">Jeremiah 27:19-22</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city, / which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem. / Yes, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/1-2.htm">Daniel 1:2</a></span><br />And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/1-7.htm">Ezra 1:7-11</a></span><br />King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods. / Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. / This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/24-13.htm">2 Kings 24:13</a></span><br />As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-10.htm">Lamentations 1:10</a></span><br />The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/39-6.htm">Isaiah 39:6</a></span><br />The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-7.htm">2 Chronicles 36:7</a></span><br />Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/28-3.htm">Jeremiah 28:3</a></span><br />Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-28.htm">Jeremiah 50:28</a></span><br />Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-12.htm">Revelation 18:12</a></span><br />cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-16.htm">Revelation 18:16</a></span><br />saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a></span><br />Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away.</p><p class="hdg">the pots.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3</a></b></br> And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make <i>of</i> brass.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/38-3.htm">Exodus 38:3</a></b></br> And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, <i>and</i> the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he <i>of</i> brass.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/7-47.htm">1 Kings 7:47-50</a></b></br> And Solomon left all the vessels <i>unweighed</i>, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/14-14.htm">Articles</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/joshua/6-24.htm">Copper</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-13.htm">Cups</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-50.htm">Dishes</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-8.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-13.htm">Knives</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-5.htm">Lights</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-43.htm">Minister</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-21.htm">Ministered</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-50.htm">Pans</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-45.htm">Pots</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-13.htm">Scissors</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm">Service</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-45.htm">Shovels</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-13.htm">Snuffers</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-45.htm">Spades</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-50.htm">Spoons</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-13.htm">Trimmers</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">Used</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-13.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-26.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-13.htm">Wick</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/9-28.htm">Articles</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-16.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-16.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/ezra/8-27.htm">Copper</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-17.htm">Cups</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-22.htm">Dishes</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-16.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-49.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezra/1-9.htm">Knives</a> <a href="/job/38-36.htm">Lights</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-2.htm">Minister</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-32.htm">Ministered</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-15.htm">Pans</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-11.htm">Pots</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-22.htm">Scissors</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-21.htm">Service</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-11.htm">Shovels</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-22.htm">Snuffers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-11.htm">Spades</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-22.htm">Spoons</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-16.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-18.htm">Trimmers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-28.htm">Used</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-15.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-8.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-22.htm">Wick</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">Jerusalem is besieged.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-8.htm">Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">and carries away the treasures.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-18.htm">The nobles are slain at Riblah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-22.htm">Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm">Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew root for "took away" is "laqach," which often implies taking possession or seizing. Historically, this reflects the common practice of victors in ancient times to plunder the sacred objects of the defeated, symbolizing not only material gain but also spiritual dominance.<p><b>the pots</b><br />The Hebrew word for "pots" is "sîr," which refers to vessels used for boiling or cooking. In the context of the temple, these pots were likely used for preparing offerings. Their removal signifies the disruption of the sacrificial system, a central aspect of Jewish worship and daily life.<p><b>shovels</b><br />The term "shovels" comes from the Hebrew "yââh," tools used for removing ashes from the altar. This detail underscores the thoroughness of the desecration, as even the tools for maintaining the altar's purity were taken, symbolizing the cessation of regular temple rituals.<p><b>wick trimmers</b><br />The Hebrew "mêzammerôth" refers to tools used for maintaining the lamps in the temple. The removal of these items suggests a deeper spiritual darkness, as the light of the temple, representing God's presence, was extinguished.<p><b>dishes</b><br />The word "kaph" in Hebrew can mean a small bowl or dish, often used in the context of temple service for holding incense or offerings. The loss of these items indicates the interruption of the incense offering, which was a symbol of prayers ascending to God.<p><b>and all the bronze articles</b><br />Bronze, or "nechosheth" in Hebrew, was a common material for temple furnishings. The phrase "all the bronze articles" emphasizes the totality of the plunder. Bronze articles were integral to the temple's function, and their removal signifies a complete stripping of the temple's operational capacity.<p><b>used in the temple service</b><br />This phrase highlights the sacred purpose of these items. The Hebrew word for "service" is "abodah," which denotes worship and labor. The removal of these articles not only represents a physical loss but also a spiritual and communal one, as the means to perform temple worship were taken away, reflecting a period of judgment and exile for the Israelites.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">The</span> <span class= "bld">snuffers.</span>--<a href="/jeremiah/52-18.htm" title="The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away.">Jeremiah 52:18</a> adds: <span class= "ital">and the sprinkling-bowls.</span> The account there is in general more detailed than the present. (See <a href="/1_kings/7-40.htm" title="And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:">1Kings 7:40</a>; <a href="/1_kings/7-50.htm" title="And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.">1Kings 7:50</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Ministered.</span>--<span class= "ital">Used to minister.</span> Things belonging to the service of the brazen altar are enumerated in this verse.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the pots.</span> The word used, <span class="hebrew">סִירות</span>, is translated by, "caldrons" in <a href="/jeremiah/52-18.htm">Jeremiah 52:18</a>, and "ash-pans" in <a href="/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3</a>. The latter is probably right. <span class="cmt_word">And the shovels</span> - appurtenances of the altar of burnt sacrifice - <span class="cmt_word">and the snuffers</span> - rather, the <span class="accented">knives</span> - <span class="cmt_word">and the spoons</span> - or, <span class="accented">incense-cups - <span class="cmt_word"></span>and all the vessels of brain wherewith they ministered.</span> It appears that after the two previous spoliations of the temple by Nebuchadnezzar, in <span class="date">B.C. 605</span> and in <span class="date">B.C. 597</span>, wherein so many of the more costly vessels had been carried off (<a href="/daniel/1-2.htm">Daniel 1:2</a>; <a href="/2_kings/24-13.htm">2 Kings 24:13</a>); the ministrations had to be performed mainly with vessels of bronze. <span class="cmt_word">Took they away.</span> Soldiers are often represented in the Assyrian sculptures as carrying off vessels from temples, apparently on their own account (see 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 1. p. 475, 2nd edit.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/25-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They also took away</span><br /><span class="heb">לָקָֽחוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·qā·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the pots,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַסִּירֹ֨ת</span> <span class="translit">(has·sî·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5518.htm">Strong's 5518: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pot, a thorn, a hook</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shovels,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּעִ֜ים</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3257.htm">Strong's 3257: </a> </span><span class="str2">A shovel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wick trimmers,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽמְזַמְּר֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ham·zam·mə·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4212.htm">Strong's 4212: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tweezer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dishes,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכַּפּ֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kap·pō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the articles</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלֵ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of bronze</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(han·nə·ḥō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5178.htm">Strong's 5178: </a> </span><span class="str2">Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">used in temple service.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְשָֽׁרְתוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(yə·šā·rə·ṯū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8334.htm">Strong's 8334: </a> </span><span class="str2">To attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/25-14.htm">2 Kings 25:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/25-14.htm">2 Kings 25:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/25-14.htm">2 Kings 25:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/25-14.htm">2 Kings 25:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/25-14.htm">2 Kings 25:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/25-14.htm">2 Kings 25:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/25-14.htm">2 Kings 25:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/25-14.htm">2 Kings 25:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/25-14.htm">2 Kings 25:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/25-14.htm">2 Kings 25:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/25-14.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 25:14 The pots and the shovels and (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 25:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 25:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/25-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 25:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 25:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>