Psalms 74:6 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 74:6

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

KJV

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ASV

And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

WEB

and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

YLT

And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,

DBT

And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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6 verses on the floor

1 Kings 6:18
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
1 Kings 6:29
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
1 Kings 6:35
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
1 Kings 6:32
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
Jeremiah 52:13
And burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

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Jeremiah 7:14

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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carved work-- (1Ki 6:29). thereof--that is, of the temple, in the writer's mind, though not expressed till Ps 74:7, in which its utter destruction by fire is mentioned (2Ki 25:9;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Axes and hammers - These words are not Hebrew, but Chaldee or Syriack, to point out the time when this was done, even when the Chaldeans brought in their language, together with their arms, among the Israelites.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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H3162141× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 74:61KI 6:29 1KI 6:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 74:61KI 6:18 1KI 7:24
PSA 74:61KI 6:29 1KI 6:32
PSA 74:61KI 6:29 PSA 92:12-15
PSA 74:61KI 6:29 REV 5:11-14
PSA 74:61KI 6:29 REV 7:9
PSA 74:61KI 6:32 1KI 6:29

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