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The Sacred Plundered
Commentators meticulously list the items taken: golden candlesticks, silver basins, firepans (censers), and even spoons. These were not mere treasures but sacred vessels dedicated to the worship of God. The detailed inventory emphasizes the totality of the desecration, showing how every part of temple worship was dismantled and carried away as spoils of war.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Bishop
The caldrons also, and the shovels ... — The list in 2 Kings 25:14–16 omits the basins, the caldrons, the candle…
16th Century
Theologian
Laus Deo
Commentary on Lamentations
Calvin's Preface
LECTURES OF JOHN CALVIN
ON
THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH
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Pastor
And the basins
Or "bowls"; these are omitted, (2 Kings 25:15); they were of gold, ([Reference 1 Kings 7:…
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17th Century
Minister
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…