Joel 3:5

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For you took my silver and my gold and carried my precious treasures into your temples.

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  • 2 Chr 21:16-17 : 16 The Lord stirred up the Philistines and the Arabians who lived near the Cushites against Jehoram. 17 They attacked Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king's palace, along with his sons and wives. The only son left to him was Jehoahaz, his youngest son.
  • 2 Kgs 12:18 : 18 At that time, Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.
  • 2 Kgs 16:8 : 8 Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and the treasuries of the royal palace and sent them as a gift to the king of Assyria.
  • 2 Kgs 18:15-16 : 15 So Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house. 16 At that time, Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the doorposts that he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.
  • 2 Kgs 24:13 : 13 He carried off all the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house, and he cut into pieces all the gold objects that Solomon, king of Israel, had made for the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had declared.
  • 2 Kgs 25:13-17 : 13 The Chaldeans broke apart the bronze pillars of the house of the LORD, the stands, and the bronze sea that were in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 They took the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the dishes, and all the bronze utensils used in the temple service. 15 The captain of the guard also took the firepans and the sprinkling bowls—everything that was made of gold and silver. 16 The weight of the two pillars, the bronze sea, and the stands, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, could not be weighed because of their immense weight. 17 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall, with a bronze capital on top. The capital was three cubits high. It was decorated with a network of pomegranates all around, all made of bronze. The second pillar had the same design, including the network.
  • Jer 50:28 : 28 Listen to the voice of those fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
  • Jer 51:11 : 11 Sharpen the arrows; fill the quivers! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy her. This is the Lord's vengeance, the vengeance for His temple.
  • Dan 5:2-3 : 2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar commanded that the gold and silver vessels his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem be brought in, so that the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink from them. 3 So the gold vessels taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem were brought in, and the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.
  • Dan 11:38 : 38 Instead, he will honor the god of fortresses in his place; a god unknown to his ancestors. He will honor it with gold, silver, precious stones, and costly gifts.
  • 1 Sam 5:2-5 : 2 The Philistines took the Ark of God and carried it into the temple of Dagon, placing it beside Dagon. 3 When the people of Ashdod woke early the next morning, they found Dagon fallen face down on the ground before the Ark of the LORD. They picked up Dagon and returned it to its place. 4 But when they awoke early the next morning, they found Dagon fallen face down on the ground before the Ark of the LORD again. This time, Dagon’s head and the palms of his hands were broken off, lying on the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon remained. 5 For this reason, to this day, neither the priests of Dagon nor anyone who enters Dagon’s temple in Ashdod step on the threshold.

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