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The destruction of the Temple described in the 25th chapter of Kings II is tragic. The description is extremely detailed regarding what the Babylonians destroyed- the bronze columns, the bronze tank, the utensils and in chapter 24, the golden decorations of the Temple.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why are only these items listed? At first glance it seems that the description is meant to increase the sadness and tragedy of the destruction. The special items are now being taken down and destroyed. The items listed specifically mention that Solomon built them. Why? What about the utensils from the Tabernacle? What about all the renovations added by other kings?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The answer could be that the text is trying to create a bookend to the building of the Temple back in 1 Kings chapter 6. Those chapters present in striking detail these items as part of the building of the Temple, while this chapter details each item as it is destroyed. In fact the two chapters also begin in similar fashion- both with a description of the exact date of the event- 1 Kings 6: <\/span><\/p>\n

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv\u2014that is, the second month\u2014in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, Solomon began to build the House of the LORD.<\/span><\/p>\n

The final chapter, 2 Kings 25 begins in a similar fashion: <\/span><\/p>\n

And in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar moved against Jerusalem with his whole army. He besieged it; and they built towers against it all around.<\/span><\/p>\n

What centuries earlier was hailed as the culmination of the settlement of the land of Israel has now been fully reversed by the destruction of the Temple.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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