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In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem - This event occurred, a…

In the third year. —Two questions are involved in this verse:

Sin always brings its punishment. King Jehoiakim did evil in the sight of the Lord, so God used Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to be the rod in H…

These are not two different things, but the Prophet explains and confirms the same sentiments by a change of phrase, and says that the vessels whic…

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah
At the close of it, and at the beginning of the four…

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, took Jerusalem and carried away whomever and whatever he pleased. From this first …
Albert Barnes
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