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Daniel 1:2
And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records Nebuchadnezzar’s capture of Jerusalem during the third year of Jehoiakim’s reign, immediately following the city’s siege.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַ/יִּתֵּן (va/i.yi.Ten) translates literally as “and he gave,” while אֲדֹנָ֨י ('a.do.Nai) denotes “the Lord,” establishing divine agency in the delivery of Jehoiakim and the temple articles.
The thread — The relocation of Jerusalem’s vessels appears in 2 Chronicles 36:7, Jeremiah 27:19 addresses articles that remained in the city, and Zechariah 5:11 locates a measuring basket in Shinar rather than temple treasures.
Why it lands — The text asserts that God actively handed over a Judahite king and sacred objects to a foreign conqueror, requiring the reader to acknowledge divine sovereignty over historical defeat without excusing the conqueror’s idolatry.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
- Jeremiah 27:19 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
- Zechariah 5:11 “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
- Deuteronomy 32:30 How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Genesis 10:10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Genesis 11:2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
- Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
- Judges 2:14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
- Judges 3:8 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
- Judges 4:2 So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.