And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
Parallel translations
- WEB The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver.
- BSB The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
- NKJV The firepans and the basins, the things of solid gold and solid silver, the captain of the guard took away.
- NASB The captain of the bodyguards also took away the firepans and the basins, what was fine gold and what was fine silver.
- NLT The captain of the guard also took the incense burners and basins, and all the other articles made of pure gold or silver.
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Quick answer
The captain of the guard also took the gold and silver temple articles. The most precious sacred items were carried away as Babylon's plunder.
Overview
Nebuzaradan personally took the fire pans and basins made of gold and silver, the costliest of the temple's furnishings. The careful note that gold was taken as gold and silver as silver shows these were treated as valuable spoil, not merely scrap. The stripping of the sanctuary fulfilled the prophets' warnings and exposed the emptiness of trusting in ritual without obedient faith.
Cross-references & the web
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- Dan 5:2–3Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
- 1 Kgs 7:48–51And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
- Ezra 1:9–11And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
- Num 7:13–14And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
- Exod 37:23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
- 2 Chr 24:14And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
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