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Daniel 1:1-2
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Daniel 1:1-2
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Daniel Taken to Babylon
1 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and surrounded it with his army. This happened during the third year that Jehoiakim[a] was king of Judah. 2 The Lord allowed Nebuchadnezzar to defeat Jehoiakim king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar took all the dishes and other things from God’s Temple and carried them to Babylon.[b] He put those things in the temple of his gods.
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- Daniel 1:1 the third year … Jehoiakim This was about 605 B.C.
- Daniel 1:2 Babylon Literally, “Shinar,” which may be a form of the name Sumer.
Daniel 1:1-2
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Daniel 1:1-2
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Daniel’s Training in Babylon
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim(A) king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon(C) came to Jerusalem and besieged it.(D) 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried(E) off to the temple of his god in Babylonia[a] and put in the treasure house of his god.(F)
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- Daniel 1:2 Hebrew Shinar
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