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2 Kings 24:13
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Nebuchadnezzar strips the temple and palace after Jehoiachin's surrender, acting on a prior divine declaration.
The words — וַיּוֹצֵא (wayyōṣē'), "and he brought out," and אוֹצְרוֹת (ʾōṣrōṯ), "treasures," mark the systematic removal of sacred and royal wealth.
The thread — This confiscation fulfills the warnings in Isaiah 39:6, 2 Kings 20:17, and Jeremiah 20:5 regarding the future seizure of Judah's stored valuables.
Why it lands — The text records the literal dismantling of Solomon's temple gold to demonstrate prophetic certainty, requiring recognition that divine declarations override human security.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 39:6 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- 2 Kings 20:17 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 20:5 I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.
- 1 Kings 7:48 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- 2 Kings 25:13 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
- Daniel 5:2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
- 2 Chronicles 4:7 He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
- Ezra 1:7 King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.
- Jeremiah 27:16 Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
- Jeremiah 28:3 Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.