² The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia^[a] and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.

⁷ Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the treasures from the Temple of the Lord, and he placed them in his palace^[a] in Babylon.

¹¹ He replied, “To the land of Babylonia,^[a] where they will build a temple for the basket. And when the temple is ready, they will set the basket there on its pedestal.”

¹⁹ “For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has spoken about the pillars in front of the Temple, the great bronze basin called the Sea, the water carts, and all the other ceremonial articles. ²⁰ King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon left them here when he exiled Jehoiachin^[a] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon, along with all the other nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

Samson’s Final Victory

²³ The Philistine rulers held a great festival, offering sacrifices and praising their god, Dagon. They said, “Our god has given us victory over our enemy Samson!”

²⁴ When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy to us! The one who killed so many of us is now in our power!”