John Trapp on Daniel 1:2

Ver. 2. And the Lord gave Jehojakim] Becauſe the affliction by Pharaoh (being but a mony-matter) had not a kindly effect, 2 King. 23.35. a heavier is now ſent. For as one cloud followeth at the heels of another, ſo doth one Judgement of God upon another till Repentance, as the Sun, do interpoſe, and cauſe it to clear up.

With part of the veſſels] Not all as yet, by a ſweet Providence, and for an inſtance of Gods Patience.

Which he carried into the land of Shinar] Or Babylonia, Gen. 11.2. a part of the Garden of Eden, as moſt Geographers think, but now the ſeat of Satan, as Rev. 2.13.

To the houſe of his god] Jupiter Belus: See on Iſa. 46.1.