Jeremiah 52:19

The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records the Babylonian captain of the guard seizing temple vessels immediately after Jerusalem’s conquest. This account follows the removal of bronze utensils and precedes the inventory of Solomon’s bronze pillars.

The words — The Hebrew lists הַסִּפִּים (ha./si.pim, basins), הַמַּחְתּוֹת (ha./mach.Tot, fire-pans), and הַמִזְרָקוֹת (ha./miz.ra.Kot, sprinkling bowls) as specific cultic vessels. These terms identify the exact items stripped of gold and silver by the captors.

The thread — The gold lampstands and silver vessels reappear in Exodus 25:31 and 1 Kings 7:49 as prescribed for tabernacle and temple worship. The removal of these items echoes the covenant warning in Leviticus 26:12 regarding God’s presence departing when His people abandon His commands.

Why it lands — The text catalogs the precise loss of sacred objects, establishing that worship infrastructure was dismantled by foreign conquest. A reader must confront how institutional holiness depends on physical obedience and how its removal signals covenant rupture.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.

Cross-references

1 Kings 7:49 the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;
Exodus 25:31 Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
Leviticus 26:12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
Numbers 16:46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
2 Kings 25:15 The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
2 Chronicles 4:6 He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
Revelation 8:3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.