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Selected Verse: Joel 3:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Joe 3:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Because ye have taken [03947] my silver [03701] and my gold [02091], and have carried [0935] into your temples [01964] my goodly [02896] pleasant things [04261]: |
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King James |
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| my silver . . . my gold--that is, the gold and silver of My people. The Philistines and Arabians had carried off all the treasures of King Jehoram's house (Ch2 21:16-17). Compare also Kg1 15:18; Kg2 12:18; Kg2 14:14, for the spoiling of the treasures of the temple and the king's palace in Judah by Syria. It was customary among the heathen to hang up in the idol temples some of the spoils of war as presents to their gods. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Ye have taken My silver and My gold - Not the silver and gold of the temple, (as some have thought.) At least, up to the prophet's time, they had not done this. For the inroad of the Philistines in the reign of Jehoram was, apparently, a mere marauding expedition, in which they killed and plundered, but are not said to have besieged or taken any city, much less Jerusalem. God calls "the silver and gold" which He, through His Providence, had bestowed on Judah, "My" gold and silver; as He said by Hosea Hos 2:8.
"She knew not that I multiplied her silver and gold, whereof she made Baal;" and by Haggai, "The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts" Hag 2:8. For they were His people, and what they had, they held of Him; and the Philistines too so accounted it, and dedicated a part of it to their idols, as they had the ark formerly, accounting the victory over God's people to be the triumph of their idols over God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Taken - Either as part of the spoil, or as part of your pay. My silver - Silver and gold vessels dedicated to my service. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Ye have taken my silver and my gold - The Chaldeans had spoiled the temple, and carried away the sacred vessels, and put them in the temple of their own god in Babylon.
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14 And he took [03947] all the gold [02091] and silver [03701], and all the vessels [03627] that were found [04672] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and in the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and hostages [01121] [08594], and returned [07725] to Samaria [08111].
18 And Jehoash [03060] king [04428] of Judah [03063] took [03947] all the hallowed things [06944] that Jehoshaphat [03092], and Jehoram [03088], and Ahaziah [0274], his fathers [01], kings [04428] of Judah [03063], had dedicated [06942], and his own hallowed things [06944], and all the gold [02091] that was found [04672] in the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and in the king's [04428] house [01004], and sent [07971] it to Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758]: and he went away [05927] from Jerusalem [03389].
18 Then Asa [0609] took [03947] all the silver [03701] and the gold [02091] that were left [03498] in the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of his servants [05650]: and king [04428] Asa [0609] sent [07971] them to Benhadad [01130], the son [01121] of Tabrimon [02886], the son [01121] of Hezion [02383], king [04428] of Syria [0758], that dwelt [03427] at Damascus [01834], saying [0559],
16 Moreover the LORD [03068] stirred up [05782] against Jehoram [03088] the spirit [07307] of the Philistines [06430], and of the Arabians [06163], that were near [05921] [03027] the Ethiopians [03569]:
17 And they came up [05927] into Judah [03063], and brake [01234] into it, and carried away [07617] all the substance [07399] that was found [04672] in the king's [04428] house [01004], and his sons [01121] also, and his wives [0802]; so that there was never a son [01121] left [07604] him, save Jehoahaz [03059], the youngest [06996] of his sons [01121].
8 The silver [03701] is mine, and the gold [02091] is mine, saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
8 For she did not know [03045] that I gave [05414] her corn [01715], and wine [08492], and oil [03323], and multiplied [07235] her silver [03701] and gold [02091], which they prepared [06213] for Baal [01168].