2 Kings 24:13

And he carried out thence... — It is apt said, but implied, that Nebuchadnezzar entered the city. He may have done so at the time of his invasion under Jehoiakim (2 Kings 24:1). On that occasion he had carried off some of the sacred vessels (2 Chronicles 36:7; Daniel 1:2; Daniel 5:2; comp. Ezra 1:7 seq.) It is certainly surprising to find that anything was left in the Temple treasury after the repeated spoliations which it had undergone. The fact not only indicates the probable existence of secret (subterranean) store-chambers, but also lends some support to the chronicler’s representations of the great wealth stored up in the sanctuary.

Cut in pieces. — 2 Kings 16:17; 2 Chronicles 28:24. The meaning seems to be that the gold-plating was now stripped off from such “vessels” as the altar of incense, the table of shewbread, and the Ark. (Comp. 2 Kings 18:16.)

As the Lord had said — e.g., to Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:17; comp. Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:3).