Daniel 1:2
in Daniel 1And 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god: and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.
KJV
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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This verse in Daniel 1
Commentary
12 notes on this versePart 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 not attempt to alter the civil or religious constitution of Judea); for leaving Jehoiakim on the throne, he only laid the land under tribute. The Chaldeans carried these sacred vessels away at three different times. 1. In the war spoken of in this place. 2. In the taking of Jerusalem and Jeconiah a few months after, 2Ki 24:13.
This site's exposition
came Nebuchadnezzar
on Daniel 1:1-2
The third year of Jehoiakim's reign fixes the book's clock at the first of Judah's three deportations, and the chronological question raised against Jeremiah 25's fourth year is named by the bench as a matter of Babylonian versus Judean regnal counting rather than contradiction. The vessels of the house of God carried to Shinar and shelved in the house of his god read as Babylon's own theology of conquest, one god's plunder is another god's trophy, and the notes return to those same vessels in chapter five. The Lord gave Jehoiakim into his hand: the verb the text chooses is sovereignty's own, judgment moving through an empire's ambition.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
And so after his deportation his son Jehoiakim reigned three years. And so Nebuchadnezzar arose against him and deported both him and ten thousand men of the people into Babylon and set in his place Jeconiah the brother of his father, whom also changed his name to Zedekiah, with whom he, having made oaths and covenants, returned to Babylon. He, after reigning eleven years, withdrew from Nebuchadnezzar and gave himself to Pharaoh king of Egypt. But in the twelfth year, Nebuchadnezzar and all the power of the Chaldeans came against him and besieged the city and camped around it and pressed in on it from all sides; from then on many of them were destroyed by famine, others killed by the sword, and some of them were taken as captives. The city was burned in fire and the temple and the wall were demolished. And the power of the Chaldeans took all the treasures which were found in the House of the Lord and all the vessels, both the gold and silver and all the copper vessels. Nebuzaradan the captain cut them out and brought them into Babylon, and Zedekiah himself, who was also called Jeconiah, fled through the night with seven-hundred men, but the powers of the Chaldeans pursued Zedekiah and seized him in Jericho and brought him to the king of Babylon in Deblatha. And the king and those with him were judged in spirit because he transgressed the oath of the Lord and the covenant, which Nebuchadnezzar set before him. And taking his sons, Nebuchadnezzar slaughtered them before him and he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah who was also called Jeconiah, and shackled him in iron fetters and brought him into Babylon and he ground at the mill until the day in which he died. […]
Verse 2. "And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand." The fact that Jehoiachim is recorded to have been given over shows that it was not a victory for the might of his enemies but rather it was of the will of the Lord. "...and some of the vessels of the house of God, and he brought them to the land of Shinar to the house of his god, and he conveyed them into the treasure house of his god" (Gen. 11).
A commentator
Hippolytus of RomeHippolytus Exegetical Fragments - Scholia on Daniel · Written before 235.
proposed
"And the Lord gave," etc. These words, "and the Lord gave," are written, that no one, in reading the introduction to the book, may attribute their capture to the strength of the captors and the slackness of their chief. And it is well said. "with part," for the deportation was for the correction, not the ruin, of the whole nation, that there might be no misapplication of the cause.
The Reformation1 voice
Here Daniel marks the time in which he was led into captivity together with his companions, namely, in the third year of Jehoiakim A difficult question arises here, since Nebuchadnezzar began to reign in the fourth year of Jehoiakim.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It is probable that the treasures of the king's house were rifled, as was foretold, but particular mention is made of the taking away of the vessels of the sanctuary because we shall find afterwards that the profanation of them was that which filled up the measure of the Chaldeans' iniquity, ch.
5 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), in which Daniel, with others of the seed-royal, was carried to Babylon. The choice made of Daniel, and some other young men, to be brought up in the Chaldean literature, that they might be fitted to serve the government, and the provision made for them,
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Now from this first captivity most interpreters think the seventy years are to be dated, though Jerusalem was not destroyed, nor the captivity completed, till about nineteen years after, In that first year Daniel was carried to Babylon, and there continued the whole seventy years (see
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The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Subsequently all were taken away and were restored under Cyrus (Ezr 1:7). his god--Bel. His temple, as was often the case among the heathen, was made "treasure house" of the king.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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 not removed there, but died at Jerusalem 2Ki 24:5-6, though he was not honorably buried there, Jer 22:19; Jer 36:30. In the second book of Chronicles 2Ch 36:6, it is said that “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and bound Jehoiakim in fetters, to take him to Babylon.” Jahn supposes that an error has crept into the text in the book of Chronicles, as there is no evidence that Jehoiakim was taken to Babylon, but it appears from 2Ki 24:1-2, that Jehoiakim was continued in authority at Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar three years, and then rebelled against him, and that then Nebuchadnezzar sent against him “bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it.” There is no necessity of supposing an error in the text in the account in the book of Chronicles. It is probable that Jehoiakim was taken, and that the “intention” was to take him to Babylon, according to the account in Chronicles, but that, from some cause not mentioned, the purpose of the Chaldean monarch was changed, and that he was placed again over Judah, under Nebuchadnezzar, according to the account in the book of Kings, and that he remained in this condition for three years until he rebelled, and that then the bands of Chaldeans, etc., were sent against him. It is probable that at this time, perhaps while the siege was going on, he died, and that the Chaldeans dragged his dead body out of the gates of the city, and left it unburied, as Jeremiah had predicted, Jer 22:19; Jer 36:30. With part of the vessels of the house of God - 2Ch 36:7. […]
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim Now is it possible to say so?
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The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתֵּן֩ | vaiyiten | and he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֨י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| בְּיָד֜וֹ | beyado | in hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוֹיָקִ֣ים | yehoyakim | Jehoiakim | H3079 → | |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וּמִקְצָת֙ | umiktzat | and some of [the] end of | H7117 → | 7 times |
| כְּלֵ֣י | kelei | [the] vessels of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| בֵית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וַיְבִיאֵ֥ם | vayviem | and he brought them | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶֽרֶץ־ | ʾeretz- | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| שִׁנְעָ֖ר | shinar | Shinar | H8152 → | |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֱלֹהָ֑יו | ʾelohav | god his | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֵּלִ֣ים | hakelim | the vessels | H3627 → | 325 times |
| הֵבִ֔יא | hevi' | he brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בֵּ֖ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אוֹצַ֥ר | ʾotzar | [the] treasury of | H214 → | |
| אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ | ʾelohav | god his | H430 → | 2601 times |
וַיִּתֵּן֩and he gave
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
אֲדֹנָ֨י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
בְּיָד֜וֹin hand his
beyadoH3027 →1618 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוֹיָקִ֣יםJehoiakim
yehoyakimH3079 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וּמִקְצָת֙and some of [the] end of
umiktzatH7117 →7 times
כְּלֵ֣י[the] vessels of
keleiH3627 →325 times
בֵית־[the] house of
veit-H1004 →2046 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
וַיְבִיאֵ֥םand he brought them
vayviemH935 →2568 times
אֶֽרֶץ־[the] land of
ʾeretz-H776 →2504 times
שִׁנְעָ֖רShinar
shinarH8152 →
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
אֱלֹהָ֑יוgod his
ʾelohavH430 →2601 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַכֵּלִ֣יםthe vessels
hakelimH3627 →325 times
הֵבִ֔יאhe brought
hevi'H935 →2568 times
בֵּ֖ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
אוֹצַ֥ר[the] treasury of
ʾotzarH214 →
אֱלֹהָֽיו׃god his
ʾelohavH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 32:30How 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?
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:8
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Joshua 23:10
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…
- Leviticus 26:8
Through
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.”
it leads to
- 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.
- Genesis 14:1
In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and…
- Genesis 10:10
Through
2 Chronicles 36:7Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
it leads to
- 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…
- 2 Kings 24:13
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceLower MesopotamiaShinarThe Babylonian plain of Nimrod's kingdom and Babel's tower, and the land where Zechariah's vision gives wickedness a house.
This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel; Hippolytus of Rome, Commentary on Daniel 1.3; Hippolytus of Rome, Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments - Scholia on Daniel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER ONE; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.