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^(A) off to the temple of his god in Babylonia^[a] and put in the treasure house of his god.^(B)

⁷ Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the Lord and put them in his temple^[a] there.^(A)

¹¹ He replied, “To the country of Babylonia^[a](A) to build a house^(B) for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”^(C)

¹⁹ For this is what the Lord Almighty says about the pillars, the bronze Sea,^(A) the movable stands and the other articles^(B) that are left in this city, ²⁰ which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried^(C) Jehoiachin^[a](D) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem—

The Death of Samson

²³ Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon^(A) their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”

²⁴ When the people saw him, they praised their god,^(B) saying,

² So the Lord sold them^(A) into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.^(B) Sisera,^(C) the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim.

⁸ The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold^(A) them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim^(B) king of Aram Naharaim,^[a](C) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.

¹⁴ In his anger^(A) against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands^(B) of raiders who plundered^(C) them. He sold them^(D) into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.^(E)