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Caldron

Agriculture & Daily Life • Old Testament
A caldron was a large cooking pot used for boiling meat in domestic or sanctuary settings. Different biblical terms may refer to pots of varying size and use.
Biblical Usage
Caldron imagery appears in descriptions of sanctuary cooking, domestic cooking, and prophetic comparisons. The word in Job translated “caldron” by the King James Version is identified in the Revised Version as “rushes,” not a cooking vessel.
Scripture References
1 Samuel 2:14 2 Chronicles 35:13 Job 41:20 Micah 3:3