2 Kings 25:13

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
pillars	עַמּוּדֵ֨י 'a.mu.Dei	H5982	a column (as standing) · noun, common masculine plural construct
brass	הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת ha.ne.Cho.shet	H5178	copper · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
house	בֵּית beit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
bases	הַמְּכֹנ֞וֹת ha.me.kho.Not	H4350	a pedestal · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
brasen	הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת ha.ne.Cho.shet	H5178	copper · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
sea	יָ֧ם yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · noun, common masculine singular construct
house	בְּבֵית be.veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
Chaldees	כַשְׂדִּ֑ים khas.Dim	H3778	a Kasdite · proper noun, a place name
pieces	שִׁבְּר֣וּ shi.be.Ru	H7665	to burst (literally or figuratively) · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural
carried	וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ vai.yis.'U	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
brass	נְחֻשְׁתָּ֖ם ne.chush.Tam	H5178	copper · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Babylon	בָּבֶֽלָה ba.Ve.lah	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name + directional suffix

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of…
1 Kings 7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
2 Kings 20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried int…
Jeremiah 52:17-20 Also 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, the Chald…
Lamentations 1:10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom tho…
Exodus 27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels th…
1 Kings 7:23-45 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of t…
2 Chronicles 4:2-6 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:8-21

Though we have reason to think that the army of the Chaldeans were much enraged against the city for holding out with so much stubbornness, yet they did not therefore put all to fire and sword as soon as they had taken the city (which is too commonly done in such cases), but about a month after (compare Kg2 25:8 with Kg2 25:3) Nebuzar-adan was sent with orders to complete the destruction of Jerusalem. This space God gave them to repent, after all the foregoing days of his patience, but in vain; their hearts (for aught that appears) were still hardened, and therefore execution is awarded to the utmost. 1. The city and temple are burnt, Kg2 25:9. It does not appear that the king of Babylon des…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 25:8

on the seventh day of the month . . . came Nebuzar-adan--(compare Jer 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Gen 37:36; Gen 39:1) called him to execute the awards of justice on criminals; and hence, although not engaged in the siege of Jerusalem (Jer 39:13), Nebuzar-adan was despatched to rase the city, to plunder the temple, to lay both in ruins, demolish the fortifications, and transport the inhabitants to Babylon. The most eminent of these were taken to the kin…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 25:10

Brake down the walls - In the same fifth month, Jer 1:3, the walls of Jerusalem being razed to the ground, all that were left in the city, and all that had fled over formerly to Nebuchadnezzar, and all the common people of the city, with all the king's treasures, those of the nobles, and the whole furniture of the temple, did Nebuzar-adan carry off to Babylon. See Jer 39:8, Jer 39:9; Jer 52:14, Jer 52:23. And thus was Judah carried away out of her own land, four hundred and sixty-eight years after David began to reign over it; from the division of the ten tribes three hundred and eighty-eight years; and from the destruction of the kingdom of Israel, one hundred and thirty-four years; A.M. 34…

Dictionary and topics

Chaldees — Or Chaldeans, the inhabitants of the country of which Babylon was the capital. They were so called till the time of the Captivity (2 Kings 25; Isa. 13:19; 23:13), when, particularly in the Book of…
Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Judah, Kingdom of — When the disruption took place at Shechem, at first only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. But very soon after the tribe of Benjamin joined the tribe of Judah, and Jerusalem became the…
Kings, The Books of — The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third…
Nebuzaradan — “the captain of the guard,” in rank next to the king, who appears prominent in directing affairs at the capture of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:8-20; Jer. 39:11; 40:2-5). He showed kindness toward Jeremiah,…
Sea, Molten — In the place of the laver of the tabernacle Solomon caused a laver to be cast for a similar purpose, which from its size was called a sea. It was made partly or wholly of the brass, or rather copper,…
Temple, Solomon’s — Before his death David had “with all his might” provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the…
Babylon · . — .
Brass, Or Copper · Taken in war: Often in great quantities — Taken in war: Often in great quantities

2 Kings 25:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:8-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 25:8

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 25:10

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 25:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:8-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 25:8

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 25:10

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Kings 25:13

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 25:8-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 25:13-16

Rashi on 2 Kings 25:12