They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
Parallel translations
- WEB They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered.
- KJV The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
- NKJV They also took away the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the bowls, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered.
- NASB They also took the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the pans, and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.
- NLT They also took all the ash buckets, shovels, lamp snuffers, basins, dishes, and all the other bronze articles used for making sacrifices at the Temple.
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Quick answer
The Babylonians also took the bronze pots, shovels, snuffers, basins, spoons, and all the ministry vessels. Every implement used in temple service was carried off.
Overview
The detailed inventory shows the thoroughness of the plundering, leaving the sanctuary entirely stripped. These vessels, set apart for sacred service, were now treated as ordinary spoil. Yet the precise record also anticipates their eventual return (Ezra 1), reminding readers that God preserves even amid loss and would restore true worship in His time.
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- Num 4:14and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.
- 1 Kgs 7:45and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.
- Exod 27:3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
- 1 Kgs 7:40Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:
- Num 4:7Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it.
- 2 Chr 4:11Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:
- Exod 38:3He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
- Num 7:50one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- Num 7:13–14His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Num 7:19–20The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Num 7:32one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- Exod 37:23He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
- 2 Chr 4:16and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
- Num 7:38one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- Num 7:56one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- Num 7:44one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- 2 Kgs 25:14–16They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- 1 Chr 28:17the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;
- 2 Chr 4:8Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
- Exod 25:29You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.
- Ezek 46:20–24and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”
- Ezra 1:1030 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.
- Exod 37:16He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.
- 2 Chr 4:22the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.
- Num 7:26one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- 1 Kgs 7:50the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
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