2 Kings 24:13

“And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, etc.] The gates of the city being thrown open t the royal palace, and took from thence all the riches there and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said; (<122017>2 Kings 20:17) and so the prophecy of Isaiah was fulfilled. No more is said of these vessels in (<143610>2 Chronicles 36:10) than that they were brought to Babylon; and so Piscator renders the word here, “took”, or “carried them away”; and certain it is that they were carried whole to Babylon, (<270502>Daniel 5:2,3) but as Hezekiah is said to…”

“as the Lord had said--(compare Kg2 20:17; Isa 39:6; Jer 15:13; Jer 17:3). The elite of the nation for rank, usefulness, and moral worth, all who might be useful in Babylon or dangerous in Palestine, were carried off to Babylon, to the number of ten thousand (Kg2 24:14). These are specified (Kg2 24:15-16), warriors, seven thousand; craftsmen and smiths, one thousand; king's wives, officers, and princes, also priests and prophets (Jer 29:1; Eze 1:1), two thousand; equal to ten thousand captives in all.”

“On the first capture of the city in the fourth (third) year of Jehoiakim Daniel 1:2; 2 Chronicles 36:7, the vessels carried off consisted of smaller and lighter articles; while now the heavier articles, as the table of showbread, the altar of incense, the ark of the covenant were stripped of their gold, which was carried away by the conquerors. Little remained more precious than brass at the time of the final capture in the reign of Zedekiah 2 Kings 25:13-17. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Vessels - The most and choicest of them, by comparing this with Kg2 25:14-15. Solomon made - Though the city and temple had been rifled more than once both by the kings of Egypt and Israel, and by the wicked kings of Judah; yet these golden vessels were preserved from them, either by the case of the priests, who hid them; or by the clemency of the conquerors, or by the special providence of God, disposing their hearts to leave them. Or, if they had been taken away by any of these kings, they might afterwards be recovered good, at the cost of the kings of Judah. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 24:14”

“24:13 As the Lord had said beforehand: See 20:16-17. A greater divine judgment still lay in the future (21:12-15; 22:15-20; 23:26-27). • all the treasures: In his earlier siege of Jerusalem in 605 BC, Nebuchadnezzar had taken part of the Temple treasures as spoil (2 Chr 36:7; Dan 1:2). He now carried away all the treasures. Anything left behind on this occasion was taken in his final siege of Jerusalem in 586 BC (2 Kgs 25:15).”

“he carried: Kg2 20:17; Isa 39:6; Jer 20:5 and cut: Kg2 25:13-15; Ezr 1:7-11; Jer 27:16-21, Jer 28:3, Jer 28:4, Jer 28:6; Dan 5:2, Dan 5:3 which Solomon: Kg1 7:48-50; 2Chr. 4:7-22 4 Kings (2 Kings) 24:14”

“Nebuchadnezzar thereupon, that is to say, when he had forced his way into the city, plundered the treasures of the temple and palace, and broke the gold off the vessels which Solomon had made in the temple of Jehovah. קצּץ, to cut off, break off, as in Kg2 16:17, i.e., to bear off the gold plates. Nebuchadnezzar had already taken a portion of the golden vessels of the temple away with him at the first taking of Jerusalem in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and had placed them in the temple of his god at Babylon ( Ch2 36:7; Dan 1:2). They were no doubt the smaller vessels of solid gold-basins, scoops, goblets, knives, tongs, etc., - which Cyrus delivered up again to the Jews on their return to…”