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A Deliberate Desecration
Commentators explain this was not just theft, but a profound act of religious desecration. Nebuchadnezzar placed the sacred vessels from Jehovah's house into the temple of his chief god, Merodach (also called Bel). This was a symbolic declaration of his god's supposed victory over the God of Israel, making the judgment on Judah even more humiliating.
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2 Chronicles
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Chronicles 36:7
18th Century
Theologian
In his temple - Compare this to the house of his god in Daniel 1:2. Nebuchadnezzar's inscriptions show him to have been the special…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 36:7
19th Century
Bishop
Nebuchadnezzar also carried. — And of the vessels of the house ... did Nebuchadnezzar bring. Not mentioned in Ki…
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 36:7
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 36:1)
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 36:1–21
17th Century
Minister
The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem occurred gradually. The methods God uses to call sinners back by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providen…