Daniel 1:2

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The Lord allowed Nebuchadnezzar to defeat Jehoiakim king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar took all of the dishes and other things from God’s temple. Nebuchadnezzar carried those things to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar put those things in the temple of his idol gods.

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

Nimrod’s kingdom spread from Babylon to Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 11:2

People moved from the East. [65] They found a plain in the country of Shinar. The people stayed there to live.

2 Kings 24:1

In the time of Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the country of Judah. Jehoiakim served Nebuchadnezzar for three years. Then Jehoiakim turned against Nebuchadnezzar and broke away from his rule.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the new king of Judah. He was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. Jehoiakim didn’t do the things the Lord wanted him to do. He sinned against the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 36:7

Nebuchadnezzar took some of the things from the Lord’s temple. He carried those things to Babylon and put them in his own house.

Ezra 1:7

Also, King Cyrus brought out the things that belonged in the Lord’s temple. Nebuchadnezzar had taken those things away from Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar had put those things in his temple where he kept his false gods.

Isaiah 11:11

At that time, my Master (God) will again reach out and take his people that are left. This will be the second time God has done this. \{(These are God’s people that are left in countries like Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the faraway countries around the world.)

Isaiah 42:24

Who let people take the wealth from Jacob and Israel? The Lord allowed them to do this! We sinned against the Lord. So the Lord allowed people to take away our wealth. The people of Israel did not want to live the way the Lord wanted. The people of Israel did not listen to his teaching.

Jeremiah 25:1

This is the message that came to Jeremiah concerning all of the people of Judah. This message came in the fourth year {\cf2\super [199]} that Jehoiakim was king of Judah. Jehoiakim was the son of Josiah. The fourth year of his time as king was the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 27:16

Then I (Jeremiah) said to the priests and all those people, “The Lord says: Those false prophets are saying, ‘The Babylonians took many things from the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [215]} Those things will be brought back soon.’ Don’t listen to those prophets because they are preaching lies to you.

Jeremiah 28:3

Before two years are over, I will bring back all the things that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took from the Lord’s temple. Nebuchadnezzar has carried those things to Babylon. But I will bring those things back here to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 35:11

But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked the country of Judah, we did go into Jerusalem. We said to each other, ‘Come, we must enter the city of Jerusalem, so that we can escape the Babylonian army and the Aramean army.’ So we have stayed in Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 50:2

“Announce this to all nations!\par Lift up a flag and announce the message!\par Speak the whole message and say,\par ‘The nation of Babylon will be captured.\par The god Bel {\cf2\super [407]} will be put to shame.\par The god Marduk {\cf2\super [408]} will be very afraid.\par Babylon’s idols will be put to shame.\par Her idol gods will be filled with terror.’\par

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish the false god Bel {\cf2\super [428]} in Babylon.\par I will make him vomit out the people\par that he swallowed.\par The wall around Babylon will fall.\par And other nations will stop coming\par to Babylon.\par

Daniel 5:13

So they brought Daniel to the king. The king said to Daniel, “Is your name Daniel, one of the captives my father the king brought here from Judah?

Daniel 5:18

“King, God Most High made your grandfather {\cf2\super [58]} Nebuchadnezzar a very great and powerful king. God made him very important.

Habakkuk 1:16

His net helps him live like a rich man\par and enjoy the best food.\par So the enemy worships his net.\par He makes sacrifices {\cf2\super [6]} and burns incense {\cf2\super [7]} \par to honor his net.\par

Zechariah 5:11

The angel told me, “They are going to build a house for it in Shinar. {\cf2\super [14]} After they build that house, they will put the bucket there.”

Deuteronomy 32:30

Can one person chase away 1,000 men? Can two men cause 10,000 men to run away? That will happen only if the Lord gives them to their enemy! That will happen only if their Rock [215] (God) sells them like slaves!

Judges 2:14

The Lord was angry with the people of Israel. So the Lord let enemies attack the people of Israel and take their possessions. The Lord let their enemies that lived around them defeat them. The people of Israel could not protect themselves from their enemies.

Judges 3:8

The Lord was angry with the people of Israel. The Lord allowed Cushan Rishathaim, the king of Aram Naharaim [25] to defeat the people of Israel and to rule over them. The people of Israel were under that king’s rule for eight years.

Judges 4:2

So the Lord allowed Jabin king of Canaan to defeat the people of Israel. Jabin ruled in a city named Hazor. A man named Sisera was the commander of King Jabin’s army. Sisera lived in a town called Harosheth Haggoyim.

1 Samuel 5:2

The Philistines carried God’s Holy Box into the temple of Dagon [56] and put it next to the statue of Dagon.