Daniel 1:2
And the Lord delivered into his hands Joakim the king of Juda, and part of the vessels of the house of God: and he carried them away into the land of Sennaar, to the house of his god, and the vessels he brought into the treasure house of his god.
Challoner: His godBel or Belus, the principal idol of the Chaldeans.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et tradidit Dominus in manu ejus Joakim, regem Juda, et partem vasorum domus Dei : et asportavit ea in terram Sennaar in domum dei sui, et vasa intulit in domum thesauri dei sui.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἔδωκεν Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἰωακεὶμ βασιλέα Ἰούδα καὶ ἀπὸ μέρους τῶν σκευῶν οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἤνεγκεν αὐτὰ εἰς γῆν Σενναὰρ οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ σκεύη εἰσήνεγκεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον θησαυροῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּתֵּן֩ אֲדֹנָ֨י בְּיָד֜וֹ אֶת יְהוֹיָקִ֣ים מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה וּמִקְצָת֙ כְּלֵ֣י בֵית הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיְבִיאֵ֥ם אֶֽרֶץ שִׁנְעָ֖ר בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהָ֑יו וְאֶת הַכֵּלִ֣ים הֵבִ֔יא בֵּ֖ית אוֹצַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽיו
Haydock's commentary
His god; Bel, or Belas, the principal idol of the Chaldeans. (Challoner)
The king pretended to derive his pedigree from Belus, (Abyd. Eus. præp. 1.) and greatly enriched his temple, (Calmet) which Xerxes demolished. (Arrian.)
God. Some part might be kept in the palace, chap. v. 10., and 2 Paralipomenon xxxvi. 7.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.