Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezra 1:7
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Ezra1:7
7 Also Cyrus the King brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchad-nezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem , and had put them in the house of his gods:
Obj. These are said to have been cut in pieces, 2 Kin. 24. 13. how then are they here returned? Ans. That Hebrew word used 2 Kin. 24. 13. signifies not so properly to cut in pieces, as to cut off, as from the use of the word, Deut. 25. 12. 2. Sam. 4. 12. 2 Kin. 18. 16. Ier. 9. 26. And these vessels when they were taken away from the Temple, might very well be said to be cut off from it, because they had for so long time been so constantly, and as it were inseparably united to it, and kept in it. In like manner the meat-offering and drink-offering are said to be cut off from the house of the Lord, Joel 1. 9. And it is very improbable that they should deface and cut in pieces these magnificent Vessels which they could so easily transport whole to Babylon. Although if some of the larger of them had been cut into two or more parts, yet the parts of them might be delivered to the Jews, who could without great difficulty restore them to their former Unity and Form.
Marginal references: 2 Kin. 24. 13. 2 Chr. 36. 7.
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