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.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand,.... And the city of Jerusalem too, or he could not have took the king, and so the Syriac version renders it,
and the Lord delivered it into his…
Barnes' Notes
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand - Jehoiakim was taken captive, and it would seem that there was an intention to convey him to Babylon 2Ch 36:6, but that for some cause he was…
Adam Clarke
Part of the vessels of the house of God - He took the richest and finest of them for the service of his god Bel, and left what were necessary for carrying on the public worship of Jehovah, (for he did…
We have in these verses an account,
I. Of the first descent which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, made upon Judah and Jerusalem, in the third year of the reign of…
Cambridge Bible
gave into his hand Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and part, &c. To -give into the hand" as Jdg 3:10; Jer 20:4; Jer 21:7; Jer 22:25, and frequently. The expression is a strong one, and seems to imply that…
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