2 Kings 25:14

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

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Chaldean soldiers are systematically looting the Jerusalem temple during the city’s final destruction. They catalog the sacred furnishings before carrying them off to Babylon.

The words — The Hebrew lists הַמְזַמְּרוֹת (ha-mzamerot), literally “snuffers,” and הַכַּפּוֹת (ha-kappot), meaning “pans” or “dishes.” These terms specify the exact bronze utensils designated for daily temple maintenance.

The thread — This inventory directly parallels the bronze altar utensils prescribed in Exodus 27:3 and Exodus 38:3, and echoes the massive bronze fittings Solomon commissioned in 1 Kings 7:47. The same functional objects that sustained Israel’s worship are now seized as war booty.

Why it lands — The text records the removal of specific worship tools before any theological commentary. It demands the reader acknowledge that sacred space and its implements are vulnerable to historical force, requiring attention to what is lost before drawing conclusions.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַסִּירֹ֨תha./si.Rotthe/ pots וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַיָּעִ֜יםhai./ya.'Imthe/ shovels וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַֽמְזַמְּר֣וֹתha/m.za.me.Rotthe/ snuffers וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַכַּפּ֗וֹתha./ka.Potthe/ pans וְאֵ֨תve./'Etand/ <obj.>כָּל־kol-all כְּלֵ֧יke.Lei[the] articles of הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁתha./ne.Cho.shet<the>/ bronze אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich יְשָֽׁרְתוּ־ye.sha.re.tu-people servedבָ֖םva/mwith/ themלָקָֽחוּ׃la.Ka.chuthey took

King James Version

And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

Cross-references

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.
1 Kings 7:47 Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Exodus 38:3 He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
2 Chronicles 4:20 the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
2 Chronicles 24:14 When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.