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The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away.
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The End of Temple Worship
Commentators like John Gill explain that this list is not just random loot. Each item—pots for boiling sacrifices, shovels for altar ashes, basins for blood—had a specific, sacred function. Their removal signified the complete end of the temple worship system, a spiritual catastrophe for the people.
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19th Century
Anglican
The caldrons also, and the shovels ... — The list in 2 Kings 25:14–16 omits the basins, the caldrons, the candle…
16th Century
Protestant
Laus Deo
Commentary on Lamentations
Calvin's Preface
LECTURES OF JOHN CALVIN
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THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The cauldrons also Or "pots", as it is rendered, (2 Kings 25:14); which were made of bright brass, ([Referenc…
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Presbyterian
The Chaldean army made woeful havoc. But nothing is related here as particularly as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembranc…
