2 Kings 25:13

Babylon

¹¹ Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

¹² But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

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.

¹⁴ They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

¹⁵ The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
WEB: The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze that were in the LORD’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the LORD’s house, and carried the bronze pieces to Babylon.
ASV: And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
DARBY: And the brazen pillars that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the brass thereof to Babylon.
BLB: And the bronze pillars that [were] in the house of YHWH, and the carts and the bronze Sea that [were] in the house of YHWH, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried their bronze to Babylon.

ÅB: Kaldeerne slo i stykker kobbersøylene i Herrens hus og fotstykkene og kobberhavet i Herrens hus og førte kobberet av dem til Babel.
OTB: Bronsepilarene som var i Herrens hus, sammen med stativene og bronsesjøen, ble brutt i stykker av kaldeerne, som førte bronsen til Babylon.
B1930: Kaldeerne slo i stykker kobbersøilene i Herrens hus og fotstykkene og kobberhavet i Herrens hus og førte kobberet av dem til Babel.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 36:18
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.
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Lamentations 1:10
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
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Jeremiah 52:17–20
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
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2 Kings 20:17
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.
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1 Kings 7:15
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
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Jeremiah 27:19–22
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,
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Exodus 27:3
Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
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2 Chronicles 4:2–6
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
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