Ashpenaz was to teach them to read and write the Babylonian language. 4 They had to be handsome, intelligent, well trained, quick to learn, and free from physical defects, so that they would be qualified to serve in the royal court. He took some prisoners back with him to the temple of his gods in Babylon, and put the captured treasures in the temple storerooms.ģ The king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief official, to select from among the Israelite exiles some young men of the royal family and of the noble families. 2 1.2–4: 2 Kgs 20.17–18 24.10–16 2 Chr 36.10 Is 39.7–8 The Lord let him capture King Jehoiakim and seize some of the temple treasures. 1 1.1: 2 Kgs 24.1 2 Chr 36.5–7 In the third year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia attacked Jerusalem and surrounded the city.
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