2 Kings 25:13

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

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.

Latin

Columnas autem æreas quæ erant in templo Domini, et bases, et mare æreum quod erat in domo Domini, confregerunt Chaldæi, et transtulerunt æs omne in Babylonem.

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English

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.

Notes

2 Kings 25:13–16

The Babylonians dismantled the temple furnishings made by Huram of Tyre and other bronze items (see 1 Kings 7:13–50) for their own use. Transporting these valuable items to Babylon was a major task. They took everything valuable (see also Jeremiah 52:17–23).

2 Kings 24:1–25:21

Nebuchadnezzar II attacked Judah at least three times, in 605 BC, 597 BC, and 586 BC.

He took treasures from Jerusalem and captured people to bring to Babylon (see 2 Kings 24:1, 10–17; 25:1–21).

Theme notes and profiles

Babylon Nebuchadnezzar II Canaanite Religion Famine God’s Anger God’s Judgment of His People Making Sense of the Exile Promised Land The Collapse of Culture The Dangers of Sin

Related verses

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.
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.
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.
1 Kings 7:15
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
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.
1 Kings 7:23–45
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.
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,
2 Chronicles 4:12–16
…the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
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.
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.

Parallels

Jeremiah 52:12–23

Places

Babylon: Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel Chaldea: Ancient Mesopotamian empire; known for astrology and wisdom

Glossary

Babylon, Babylonia Book of Jeremiah Bronze Sea Dispersion of the Jews, Diaspora Ezekiel, Book of Gedaliah Kings, Books of First and Second Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan Potiphar

Topics

Babylon: City of Capital of the Kingdom of Babylon Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar King of Spoiled and Burned the Temple Copper Brass: Taken in War: Often in Great Quantities Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Taken and Burned by Nebuchadnezzar Jerusalem: Captured and Pillaged by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon Laver of Brass: Called the Brazen Sea Laver of Brass: One Made by Solomon for the Temple Laver: Broken and Carried Away to Babylon by the Chaldeans Nebuzaradan : Commands the Assyrian Army Which Besieged Jerusalem and Carried the Inhabitants to Babylon Pillar: Broken and Carried to Babylon Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The Captivity of the Southern Kingdom (Judah) Temple: Solomon's: Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the Valuable Contents Carried to Babylon the First Temple: Pillaged and Burned by the Babylonians

2 Kings 25:13

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