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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and the Lord delivered: 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. (St. Jerome) part of the vessels: The Jews had been enlightened by both ancient and recent prophets and were witnesses of countless marvels, yet they scorned God by serving idols. So God handed over the vessels as if to tell them that they are no different than the sinful foreigners. (Theodoret of Cyrus) Sennaar: This is a region of Babylon in which the plain of Dura was located, and also the tower which those who had migrated from the East attempted to build up to heaven. Genesis 11 (St. Jerome)
His god; Bel, or Belas, the principal idol of the Chaldeans. (Challoner)
The king pretended to derive his pedigree from Belus, (Abyd. Eus. præp. 1.) and greatly enriched his temple, (Calmet) which Xerxes demolished. (Arrian.)
God. Some part might be kept in the palace, chap. v. 10., and 2 Paralipomenon xxxvi. 7.
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 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 (C) to the house of his god, and he conveyed them into the treasure house of his god" (Gen. 11). The land of Shinar is a region of Babylon in which the plain of Dura |20 was located, and also the tower which those who had migrated from the East attempted to build up to heaven. From this circumstance and from the confusion of tongues the region received the name Babylon, which, translated into our language, means "confusion." At the same time it ought to be noted, by way of spiritual interpretation [anagogen], that the king of Babylon was not able to transport all of the vessels of God, and place them in the idol-house which he had built himself, but only a part of the vessels (624) of God's house. By these vessels we are to understan...
