Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

He became

Bible References

He went

2 Chronicles 36:5
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who builds his house by [acts of] unrighteousness
And his upper chambers by injustice,
Who uses his neighbor’s service without pay
And does not give him wages [for his work],

He became

Ezekiel 19:3

‘When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs,
He became a [young] lion,
And he learned to catch and tear the prey;
He devoured men.