2 Kings 25:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.”

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BSBPD

“The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the firepans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the fire-pans, and the bowls that <FI>are<Fi> wholly of silver, hath the chief of the executioners taken.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 25:15 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 37:23He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
  2. Numbers 7:13His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
  3. 1 Kings 7:40Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:
  4. 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
  5. 1 Kings 7:51So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
  6. 2 Chronicles 24:14When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the 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.
  7. Ezra 1:9This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,
  8. Ezra 1:11In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
  9. Daniel 5:2Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

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