2Ki 18-19, 2Ki 24-25, 2Ch 32, 2Ch 36, Jer 4:7, 39:1-3 | TSK | STEP | Hezekiah's good reign. He destroys idolatry, and prospers. The inhabitants of Samaria are carried captive for their sins. Sennacherib invading Judah, is pacified by a tribute. Rab-shakeh, by blasphemous persuasions, solicits the people to revolt. A.M. 3278. B.C. 726. in the third. Hezekiah. Ezekias.

2 Kings 18

1 Hezekiah's good reign.

4 He destroys idolatry, and prospers.

9 The inhabitants of Samaria are carried captive for their sins.

13 Sennacherib invading Judah, is pacified by a tribute.

17 Rab-shakeh, by blasphemous persuasions, solicits the people to revolt.

A.M. 3278. B.C. 726. in the third.

9; 15:30; 17:1

Hezekiah.

16:20; 1Ch 3:13; 2Ch 28:27; 29:1; Mt 1:9,10

Ezekias.

Twenty and five years old.As Ahaz was 20 years old when he began to reign, and died when he had reigned 16 years, his whole age only amounted to 36 years; and as Hezekiah was, at least, entering on his 25th year when he began to reign, then Ahaz must have been under 12 years of age when his son was born! This is not at all impossible: and there are well-attested facts of men having children at as early a period, especially in eastern countries.

A.M. 3278-3306. B.C. 726-698. Abi.

2Ch 29:1

Abijah.

right in the sight.

20:3; Ex 15:26; De 6:18; 2Ch 31:20,21; Job 33:27; Ps 119:128

Ro 7:12; Eph 6:1

according.

22:2; 1Ki 3:14; 11:4,38; 15:5,11; 2Ch 29:2

removed.

12:3; 14:4; 15:4,35; Le 26:30; 1Ki 3:2,3; 15:14; 22:43; Ps 78:58

Eze 20:28,29

brake.

23:4; De 7:5; 12:2,3; Jud 6:25,28; 1Ki 15:12,13; 2Ch 19:3; 31:1

2Ch 33:3

images. Heb. statues. the brasen serpent.

Nu 21:8,9; Joh 3:14,15

unto those days.

16:15

Nehushtan.That is, a piece of brass.

trusted.

19:10; 2Ch 32:7,8; Job 13:15; Ps 13:5; 27:1,2; 46:1,2; 84:12

Ps 146:5,6; Jer 17:7,8; Mt 27:43; Eph 1:12

after him.

19:15-19; 23:25; 2Ch 14:11; 16:7-9; 20:20,35

he clave.None of the kings of Judah, from the time of the division of the kingdom, equalled Hezekiah in the stedfastness and simplicity of his dependence upon the Lord; in which he aspired to an equality with his progenitor David, who had reigned over the whole land. Even Asa, through weakness of faith, sought the assistance of a heathen prince; and Jehoshaphat formed an alliance with idolatrous Ahab; but Hezekiah clave to the Lord, in entire confidence and unreserved obedience, to the end of his life.

De 10:20; Jos 23:8; Ac 11:23

from following him. Heb. from after him. kept.

17:13,16,19; Jer 11:4; Joh 14:15,21; 15:10,14; 1Jo 5:3

And the Lord.

Ge 21:22; 39:2,3; 1Sa 18:14; 2Ch 15:2; Ps 46:11; 60:12; Mt 1:23

Mt 28:20; Ac 7:9,10

he prospered.

Ge 39:2; 1Sa 18:5,14; *marg:

2Sa 8:6,14; 2Ch 31:21; 32:30; Ps 1:3; 60:12; Ro 8:31

rebelled.

20; 16:7

the Philistines.

1Ch 4:41; 2Ch 28:18; Isa 14:29

Gaza. Heb. Azzah. from the tower.

17:9; 2Ch 26:10; Isa 5:2

A.M. 3281. B.C. 723. the fourth year.

1; 17:4-6

Shalmaneser.

17:3-23; Ho 10:14

Shalman.

A.M. 3283. B.C. 721. they took it.

Ho 13:16; Am 3:11-15; 4:1-3; 6:7; 9:1-4; Mic 1:6-9; 6:16; 7:13

the king.

17:6; 19:11; 1Ch 5:26; Isa 7:8; 8:4; 9:9-21; 10:5,11; 37:12; Ho 8:8,9

Ho 9:3; Am 5:1-3,6,25-27; Ac 7:43

Halah.It is thought, with much probability, that Halah, or Chalach, is Ptolemy's Calachene, the northern part of Assyria; that Habor, or Chabor, is the mountain or mountainous country, between Media and Assyria, called by Ptolemy, [Chaboras,] Chaboras; and that Gozan is Gauzanitis of Ptolemy, situated between that mountain and the Caspian sea, and between the two channels of the river Cyrus.

they obeyed not.

17:7-23; De 8:20; 11:28; 29:24-28; 31:17; Ne 9:17,26,27; Ps 107:17

Isa 1:19; Jer 3:8; 7:23; Da 9:6-11; Mic 3:4; 2Th 1:8; 1Pe 2:8; 4:17

Moses.

Nu 12:7; De 34:5; Jos 1:1; 2Ti 2:24; Heb 3:5,6

A.M. 3291. B.C. 713. the fourteenth.

2Ch 32:1-23; Isa 36:1-22

Sennacherib. Heb. Sanherib. come up.

Isa 7:17-25; 8:7,8; 10:5; Ho 12:1,2

I have offended.

7; 1Ki 20:4; Pr 29:25; Lu 14:32

12:18; 16:8; 1Ki 15:15,18,19; 2Ch 16:2

gold.

1Ki 6:31-35; 2Ch 29:3

it. Heb. them.

A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. the king.

2Ch 32:9; Isa 20:1; 36:2

Tartan.Calmet remarks, that these are not the names of persons, but of offices: {Tartan} signifies "he who presides over gifts or tribute;" {Rabsaris,} "the chief of the eunuchs;" and {Rabshakeh,} "the chief cup-bearer."

great. Heb. heavy. the conduit of the upper pool.If the Fuller's field were near En-Rogel, or the Fuller's fountain, east of Jerusalem, as is generally supposed, then the conduit of the upper pool may been an aqueduct that brought the water from the upper or eastern reservoir of that fountain, which had been seized in order to distress the city.

20:20; Isa 7:3; 22:9-11; 36:2

Eliakim.

19:2; Isa 22:20-24; 36:3,22; 37:2

Shebna.

Isa 22:15-19

the scribe. or, secretary.

2Sa 8:17; *marg:

the recorder.

2Sa 8:16; 20:24; 1Ki 4:3; 2Ch 34:8

Rab-shakeh.He was the chief speaker, being a very eloquent man, and, according to the Hebrews, whom Procopius follows, an apostate Jew; which is not improbable, as he spoke Hebrew so fluently; and when he blasphemed the Divine Majesty, the king and nobles rent their clothes, which was usual unless the blasphemer were an Israelite.

Thus saith.

2Ch 32:10; Isa 10:8-14; 36:4; 37:13; Da 4:30

What confidence.

22,29,30; 19:10; 2Ch 32:7,8,10,11,14-16; Ps 4:2; Isa 36:4,7; 37:10

sayest. or, talkest. vain words. Heb. word of the lips. Ihave counsel and strength for the war. or, but counsel and strength are for the war.

Pr 21:30,31

rebellest.

trustest. Heb. trustest thee. the staff.

upon Egypt.

so is Pharaoh.

We trust.

whose high places.

4; 2Ch 31:1; 32:12; Isa 36:7; 1Co 2:15

pledges. Heb. hostages.

I will deliver.

1Sa 17:42,44; 1Ki 20:10,18; Ne 4:2-5; Ps 123:3,4; Isa 10:13,14

Isa 36:8,9

How then.

Isa 10:8; Da 2:37,38; 4:22,37

thy trust.

21; De 17:16; Isa 31:1,3; 36:6,9; Jer 37:7; 42:14-18; Eze 17:15,17

chariots.

Ps 20:7,8

Am I now.

19:6,22-37; 1Ki 13:18; 2Ch 35:21; Isa 10:5,6; Am 3:6; Joh 19:10,11

Speak.Perceiving that the object of this blasphemous caitiff was to stir up the people to sedition, they mildly and reasonably required him to make his proposals in the Syrian language.

in the Syrian language.

Ezr 4:7; Isa 36:11,12; Da 2:4

eat.

6:25; De 28:53-57; Ps 73:8; La 4:5; Eze 4:13,15

their own piss. Heb. the water of their feet.

Rab-shakeh.

2Ch 32:18; Isa 36:13-18

the king of Assyria.

19; Ezr 7:12; Ps 47:2; Isa 10:8-13; Eze 29:3; 31:3-10; Re 19:6

saith.

Ps 73:8,9

Let not.

2Ch 32:11,15; Da 3:15-17; 6:16; Joh 19:10,11; 2Th 2:4,8

make you.

19:10,22; Ps 4:2; 11:1; 22:7,8; 71:9,11; 125:1,2; Mt 27:43; Lu 23:35

this city.

19:32-34

Make an agreement with me. or, Seek my favour. Heb. Makewith me a blessing.

Ge 32:20; 33:11; Pr 18:16

eat ye.

1Ki 4:20,25; Zec 3:10

cistern. or, pit.

I come.

11; 17:6,23; 24:14-16; 25:11

like your own.

Ex 3:8; Nu 13:26,27; 14:8; De 8:7-9; 11:12; 32:13,14

persuadeth. or, deceiveth.

Hath any.

19:12,13,17,18; 2Ch 32:14-17,19; Isa 10:10; 36:18-20

the gods.

19:13; Nu 13:21; 2Sa 8:9; Jer 49:23

Hamath.Hamath, there is little doubt, was the Epiphania of the Greeks, as Josephus, Theodoret, and Jerome, expressly assert. It was a celebrated city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and the present Hamah doubtless occupies its site; as Abulfeda, who was prince or emir of Hamah about A.D. 1345, expressly states, in his Description of Syria, that Hamah is an ancient city mentioned in the writings of the Israelites. It is still a considerable town, situated on both sides of the Orontes, about three days' journey and a half from Tripoli; and must contain, Burckhardt says, at least 30,000 inhabitants.

Arpad.Arpad is probably the town of Arphas, mentioned by Josephus as limiting the province of Gamalitis, Gaulanitis, Batanea, and Trachonitis, to the N. E.; and the Raphan, or Raphanea, which Stephanus places near Epiphania.

the gods.

17:24-33

Ava.

Isa 36:18,19; 37:11,12,18,19

have they delivered.

17:6,23,24,30,31; 19:12,13

Who are.

19:17; Da 3:15

that the Lord.

Ex 5:2; 2Ch 32:15; Job 15:25,26; Isa 10:15; 37:23-29

held their peace.

Ps 38:13,14; 39:1; Pr 9:7; 26:4; Am 5:13; Mt 7:6

with their clothes rent.

5:7; 22:11,19; Ge 37:29,34; Job 1:20; Isa 33:7; 36:21,22; Jer 36:24

Mt 26:65

2 Kings 19

1 Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them.

6 Isaiah comforts them.

8 Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah.

14 Hezekiah's prayer.

20 Isaiah's prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion.

35 An angel slays the Assyrians.

36 Sennacherib is slain by his own sons.

when king.

Isa 37:1-7

he rent.

5:7; 18:37; 1Sa 4:12; Ezr 9:3; Job 1:20; Jer 36:24; Mt 26:65

covered.

6:30; Ge 37:34; 1Ki 21:27,29; Es 4:1-4; Ps 35:13; Jon 3:8; Mt 11:21

went into.

2Ch 7:15,16; Job 1:20,21

he sent Eliakim.

18:18; 22:13,14; Isa 37:2-5

to Isaiah.

2Ch 26:22; Mt 4:14; Lu 3:4

Esaias. the son of Amoz.

Isa 1:1; 2:1

This day.

18:29; Ps 39:11; 123:3,4; Jer 30:5-7; Ho 5:15; 6:1

blasphemy. or, provocation.

Ps 95:8; Heb 3:15,16

for the children.

Isa 26:17,18; 66:9; Ho 13:13

the Lord.

Ge 22:14; De 32:36; Jos 14:12; 1Sa 14:6; 2Sa 16:12

whom the king.

18:17-35

reprove.

22; 1Sa 17:45; Ps 50:21; 74:18

lift up.

2Ch 32:20; Ps 50:15; Jer 33:3; Eze 36:37; Ro 9:27; Jas 5:16,17

the remnant.

17:5,6; 18:13; 2Ch 28:5,6; Isa 8:7,8; 10:6

left. Heb. found.

Isaiah.

Isa 37:6,7-38

Be not afraid.

6:16; Ex 14:13; Le 26:8; De 20:1,3,4; Jos 11:6; 2Ch 20:15,17

Isa 41:10-14; 51:7,12,13

the servants.

18:17,35; Ps 74:18,23; Re 13:6

a blast.

35-37; Job 4:9; Ps 11:6; 18:14,15; 50:3; Isa 10:16-18; 11:4

Jer 51:1

hear a rumour.

7:6; Job 15:21; Jer 49:14; 51:46; Ob 1:1

I will cause.

36,37; 2Ch 32:21

Libnah.

8:22; Jos 10:29; 12:15; 15:42

Lachish.

18:14; Jos 12:11; 15:39; Isa 37:8,9; Mic 1:13

when he heard.When Sennacherib had levied contributions on Hezekiah, he marched his army into Egypt; where, after several successes, he laid siege to Pelusium, and spent much time in it; but hearing that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, whom Strabo calls Therchon, was marching against him with a great army, to assist his kinsman Sevechus, or Sethon, the king of Egypt, he durst not abide his coming, but raised the siege; and returning to Judea, he encamped against Lachish, and afterwards against Libnah. But finding that Tirhakah pursued him as a fugitive, he marched back to encounter him; and having totally routed his army, he returned to wreak his vengeance on Hezekiah.

1Sa 23:27; Isa 37:9

sent.

18:17

18:5,29,30; 2Ch 32:15-19; Isa 37:10-14

17,18; 17:5-11; 2Ch 32:13,14; Isa 10:8-11

Have the gods.

18:33,34

Gozan.

17:6; 1Ch 5:26

Haran.

Ge 11:31; 29:4; Ac 7:4

Charran. Rezeph.Rezeph was probably either Rezapha, which Ptolemy places in the Palmyrene, west of the Euphrates; or rather, Rezipha, in Mesopotamia, east of the Euphrates.

Eden.

Ge 2:8; Isa 37:12

Telassar.

Eze 27:23

the king.

17:24; Nu 13:21; 34:8; Isa 11:11; Jer 39:5; 49:23; Zec 9:2

Arpad.

18:34; Isa 37:13-20

Arphad.

Hezekiah.

Isa 37:14

spread it.

1Ki 8:28-30; Ezr 9:5; Ps 74:10,11; 91:1,2; 123:1-4

prayed.

2Sa 7:18-28; 2Ch 14:11; 20:6; 32:20; Da 9:3,4

O Lord God.

Ge 32:28; 33:20; 1Ki 8:23; 1Ch 4:10; Isa 41:17

dwellest.

Ex 25:22; 1Sa 4:4; 2Ch 5:7,8; Ps 80:1; 99:1

thou art the God.

5:15; 1Ki 18:39; Isa 43:10; 44:6,8; 45:22; Da 4:34,35

thou hast made.

Ge 1:1; 2:4; Ps 33:9; 102:25; 146:6; Jer 10:10-12; Joh 1:1-3:36

bow down.

Ps 31:2; Isa 37:17

open.

1Ki 8:29; 2Ch 6:40; Da 9:18

which hath sent.

4; Ps 79:12; Isa 37:4,17; Heb 11:26

Of a truth.

Job 9:2; Isa 5:9; Jer 26:15; Da 2:47; Mt 14:33; Lu 22:59; Ac 4:27

1Co 14:25

the kings.

16:9; 17:6,24; 1Ch 5:26; Isa 7:17,18; 10:9-11

have cast. Heb. have given.

2Sa 5:21; Isa 46:1,2

for they were.

Ps 115:4-8; Isa 37:18,19; 44:9-20; Jer 10:3-9,14-16; Ac 17:29

O Lord.

Ex 9:15,16; Jos 7:9; 1Sa 17:45-47; 1Ki 8:43; 18:36,37; 20:28

Ps 67:1,2; 83:18; Da 4:34-37

which thou hast.

2Sa 15:31; 17:23

I have heard.

20:5; 2Ch 32:20,21; Job 22:27; Ps 50:15; 65:2; Isa 58:9; 65:24

Jer 33:3; Da 9:20-23; Joh 11:42; Ac 10:4,31; 1Jo 5:14,15

The virgin.

Isa 23:12; 37:21,22-35; 47:1; Jer 14:17; 18:13; 31:4; La 1:15; 2:13

Am 5:2

the daughter.

Ps 9:14; 137:8; Isa 1:8; 23:10; 47:5; Jer 46:11; La 2:13; 4:21

Mic 4:8; Zec 9:9

shaken her head.

Job 16:4; Ps 22:7,8; Isa 37:22; La 2:15; Mt 27:39

Whom.

18:28-35; Ex 5:2; Ps 73:9; 74:22,23

exalted thy voice.

Ex 9:17; Pr 30:13; Isa 10:15; 14:13,14; Eze 28:2-9; Da 5:20-23

2Co 10:5; 2Th 2:4

the Holy One.

Ps 71:22; Isa 5:24; 30:11,12,15; Jer 51:5

By. Heb. By the hand of. messengers.

18:17; 2Ch 32:17

With the multitude.

18:23,33,34; Ps 20:7; Isa 10:7-11,14; 37:24,25; Eze 31:3-18

tall cedar trees thereof. Heb. tallness of the cedar-treesthereof. the forest of his Carmel. or, the forest, and his fruitful field.

I have digged, etc.I have conquered strange countries, and marched through the driest places, in which I have digged wells for my army.

with the sole.My infantry have been so numerous, that they alone have been sufficient to dry up all the rivers of besieged places, either by drinking them, or by diverting their course into other channels.

Ex 15:9; 2Sa 17:13; 1Ki 20:10; Da 4:30

besieged places. or, fenced places.

Hast thou not, etc. or,Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps? I have done it.

Ps 33:11; 76:10; Isa 10:5,6,15; 37:26,27; 45:7; 46:10,11; 54:16

Ac 4:27,28

of small power. Heb. short of hand.

Nu 11:23; 14:9; Ps 48:4-7; 127:1; Jer 37:10; 50:36,37; 51:30,32

they were.

Ps 92:7; 102:11; Isa 40:6-8; Jas 1:10,11; 1Pe 1:24

the grass.

Ps 129:6-8

I know.

Ps 139:1-11; Jer 23:23,24

abode. or, sitting. thy going out.

De 28:6,19; Ps 121:8; Isa 37:28,29

thy rage.

Ps 2:1-5; 7:6; 10:13,14; 46:6; 93:3,4; Lu 6:11; Joh 15:18,23,24

Ac 7:51

thy tumult.

Ps 65:7; 74:4,23; 83:2

I will put.This alludes to the method by which the common people manage their beasts in the East, especially the dromedaries, which are governed by a bridle fastened to a ring, which runs through the nostril of the beast.

Job 41:2; Ps 32:9; Eze 29:4; 38:4; Am 4:2

by the way.

33,36,37

a sign.

21,31-34; 20:8,9; Ex 3:12; 1Sa 2:34; Isa 7:11-14; Lu 2:12

Ye shall eat.

Le 25:4,5,20-22; Isa 37:30

the remnant that, etc. Heb. the escaping of the house ofJudah that remaineth.

4; 2Ch 32:22,23; Isa 1:9; 10:20-22

shall yet again.

Ps 80:9; Isa 27:6; 37:31,32

For.

4; Jer 44:14; Ro 9:27; 11:5

they that escape. Heb. the escaping. the zeal.

Isa 9:7; 59:17; 63:15; Eze 5:13; 20:9; Zec 1:14; Joh 2:17

He shall not come.

Isa 8:7-10; 10:24,25,28-32; 37:33-35

cast a bank.

2Sa 20:15; Eze 21:22; Lu 19:43,44

By the way.

28,36

I will defend.

20:6; Ps 46:5,6; 48:2-8; Isa 31:5; 38:6

for mine.

De 32:27; Isa 43:25; 48:9,11; Eze 36:22; Eph 1:6,14

my servant.

1Ki 11:12,13; 15:4; Isa 9:7; Jer 23:5,6; 33:21,26

that night.

Ex 12:29; Da 5:30; 1Th 5:2,3

the angel.

Ex 12:29,30; 2Sa 24:16; 1Ch 21:12,16; 2Ch 32:21,22; Ps 35:5,6

Ac 12:23

and smote.

Isa 10:16-19,33; 30:30-33; 37:36; Ho 1:7

when they arose.

Ex 12:30; Ps 76:5-7,10

Sennacherib.

7,28,33

Nineveh.

Ge 10:11,12; Jon 1:2; 3:2-10; Na 1:1; 2:8; Mt 12:41

Nisroch.

10; 18:5,30; De 32:31; 2Ch 32:14,19; Isa 37:37,38

his sons smote.

7; 2Ch 32:21

the land.Armenia or Ararat is a province of Asia, comprising the modern Turcomania and part of Persia; having Georgia on the north, Curdistan, or the ancient Assyria on the south, and Asia Minor, now Natolia, on the west.

Armenia. Heb. Ararat.

Ge 8:4; Jer 51:27

Esar-haddon.

Ezr 4:2

2 Kings 24

1 Jehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him, procures his own ruin.

5 Jehoiachin succeeds him.

7 The king of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Babylon.

8 Jehoiachin's evil reign.

10 Jerusalem is taken and carried captive into Babylon.

17 Zedekiah is made king, and reigns ill, unto the utter destruction of Judah.

his days.

17:5; 2Ch 36:6-21; Jer 25:1,9; 46:2; Da 1:1

Nebuchadnezzar.This prince, so famous in the writings of the prophets, was the son of Nabopollasar king of Babylon.

the Lord.

6:23; 13:20,21; De 28:49,50; 2Ch 33:11; Job 1:17; Isa 7:17; 13:5

Jer 35:11; Eze 19:8

according.

20:17; 21:12-14; 23:27; Isa 6:11,12; Jer 25:9; 26:6,20; 32:28

Mic 3:12

his. Heb. the hand of his.

Surely.

18:25; Ge 50:20; 2Ch 24:24; 25:16; Isa 10:5,6; 45:7; 46:10,11

Am 3:6

remove them.

23:26,27; Le 26:33-35; De 4:26,27; 28:63; 29:28; Jos 23:15

Jer 15:1-4; Mic 2:10

for the sins.

21:2-11; Ex 20:5

for the innocent.

21:16; Nu 35:33; De 19:10; Jer 2:34; 19:4

he filled.

Ps 106:38

which.

Jer 15:1,2; La 3:42; Eze 33:25

the rest.

2Ch 36:8; Jer 22:13-17; 26:1-36:32

A.M. 3405. B.C. 599. sleptAs Jehoiakim was "buried with the burial of an ass," by being "drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem," without internment, the expression "slept with his fathers," can only mean that the died, or slept the sleep of death. In the East, a body exposed during the night would be a prey to wild animals; if any of it were left till the morning, the carnivorous birds would devour it.

2Ch 36:6,8; Jer 22:18,19; 36:30

Jehoiachin.As this man reigned only three months, and was a mere vassal of the king of Babylon, his reign is scarcely reckoned; and therefore Jeremiah (ch. 31:30) says of Jehoiakim, "he shall have none to sit upon the throne of David."

the king.

Jer 37:5-7; 46:2

from the river.

Ge 15:18; Nu 34:5; Jos 15:4; 1Ki 4:21; Isa 27:12

Jehoiachin.

1Ch 3:16; Jer 24:1

Jeconiah.

Jer 22:24,28; 37:1

Coniah.

Mt 1:11,12

Jechonias.

eighteen years.In the parallel place, he is said to be only eight years old; but this must be a mistake, for we find that having reigned only three months, he was carried captive to Babylon, and there had wives; and had he been of such a tender age, it could scarcely have been said that, as a king, "he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord."

2Ch 36:9

At that time.

Da 1:1,2

was besieged. Heb. came into siege.

25:2

Jehoiachin.

2Ch 36:10; Jer 24:1; 29:1,2; 38:17,18; Eze 17:12

officers. or, eunuchs. took him.

25:27; Jer 52:28,31

eigth year."Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year."

Jer 25:1; 52:28

he carried.

20:17; Isa 39:6; Jer 20:5

and cut.

25:13-15; Ezr 1:7-11; Jer 27:16-21; 28:3,4,6; Da 5:2,3

which Solomon.

1Ki 7:48-50; 2Ch 4:7-22

all.That is, all the chief men, the nobles, and the artificers. Among these were 7,000 mighty men, and 1,000 craftsmen and smiths.

Jerusalem.

2Ch 36:9,10; Jer 24:1-5; 52:28; Eze 1:1,2

craftsmen. So

1Sa 23:19-22

the poorest sort.

25:12; Jer 39:10; 40:7; 52:16; Eze 17:14

he carried.

8; 2Ch 36:10; Es 2:6; Jer 22:24-28

officers. or, eunuchs.

seven thousand.

Jer 29:2; 52:28

the king.

2Ch 36:10,11; Jer 37:1; 52:1

his father's brother.He was son of Josiah, brother to Jehoiakim, and uncle of Jehoiachin.

1Ch 3:15,16; 2Ch 36:10

changed.The change of name was to shew Nebuchadnezzar's supremacy, and that Zedekiah was only his vassal or viceroy. The custom of changing names, we are assured by travellers, still exists in the East.

23:34; 2Ch 36:4

A.M. 3405-3416. B.C. 599-588. Zedekiah.

2Ch 36:11; Jer 37:1; 52:1-11

Hamutal.

23:31

And he did.

23:37; 2Ch 36:12; Jer 24:8; 37:1-38:28; Eze 21:25

through.

22:17; Ex 9:14-17; De 2:30; Isa 19:11-14; 1Co 1:20; 2Th 2:9-11

Zedekiah.

2Ch 36:13; Jer 27:12-15; 38:17-21; Eze 17:15-20

2 Kings 25

1 Jerusalem is besieged.

4 Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out.

8 Nebuzar-adan defaces the city, carries the remnant, except a few poor labourers, into captivity;

13 and spoils and carries away the treasures.

18 The nobles are slain at Riblah.

22 Gedaliah, who was over them that remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt.

27 Evil-merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court.

A.M. 3414. B.C. 590. in the ninth.This according to the computation of Archbishop Usher, was on Thursday, January 30th, A.M. 3414, which was a sabbatical year; wherein they proclaimed liberty to their servants, according to the law, but soon enthralled them again. (See Jer 34:8-10.)

2Ch 36:17-21; Jer 34:2,3-6; 39:1-10; 52:4,5-11; Eze 24:1,2-14

Nebuchadnezzar.

24:1,10; 1Ch 6:15; Jer 27:8; 32:28; 43:10; 51:34; Eze 26:7

Nebuchadrezzar.

Da 4:1-18

pitched.

Isa 29:3; Jer 32:24; Eze 4:1-8; 21:22-24; Lu 19:43,44

A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. the ninth day.

Jer 39:2; 52:6; Zec 8:19

the famine.

Le 26:26; De 28:52,53; La 4:4-10; Eze 4:9-17; 5:10,12; 7:15; 14:21

there was no.

Jer 37:21; 38:2

the city.This being the ninth day of the fourth month, corresponded to Wednesday, July 27.

Jer 5:10; 39:2,3; 52:6,7-11; Eze 33:21

fled.

Le 26:17,36; De 28:25; 32:24,25,30; Jer 39:4-7

and the king.

5; Eze 12:12

and overtook.

Isa 30:16; Jer 24:8; 39:5; 52:8; Am 2:14-16

they took.

2Ch 33:11; Jer 21:7; 34:21,22; 38:23; La 4:19,20; Eze 17:20,21

Eze 21:25-27

Riblah.

23:33; Jer 52:9

gave judgment upon him. Heb. spake judgment with him.

they slew.

Ge 21:16; 44:34; De 28:34; Jer 22:30; 39:6,7; 52:10,11

and put out. Heb. and made blind.Thus were fulfilled the apparently contradictory prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekiel--that his eyes should see the king of Babylon, but Babylon he should not see, though he should die there.

Jer 32:4,5; 34:3; Eze 12:13-16

bound him.

Jud 16:21; 2Ch 33:11; 36:6; Ps 107:10,11; 149:8; Eze 7:27; 17:16-20

in the fifth month.This answered to Wednesday, August 24; and three days after he reduced the temple to ashes, and carried Judah captive; in the 11th year of Zedekiah; the 19th of Nebuchadnezzar; 424 years, 3 months, and 8 days from the foundation of the temple; 468 years from the beginning of the reign of David; 388 years from the division of the ten tribes; and 134 years from their captivity.

Jer 52:12-14; Zec 8:19

the nineteenth.

27; 24:12

Nebuzar-adan.

Jer 39:9-14; 40:1-4; 52:12-16; La 4:12

captain. or, chief marshal.

he burnt.

1Ki 9:8; 2Ch 36:19; Ps 74:3-7; 79:1; Isa 64:10,11; Jer 7:14; 26:9

La 1:10; 2:7; Mic 3:12; Lu 21:5,6; Ac 6:13,14

the king's.

Jer 34:22; 37:8,10; 39:8; 52:13; Am 2:5

brake.

Ne 1:3; Jer 5:10; 39:8; 52:14-23

the rest.

Jer 15:1,2; 39:9; 52:12; Eze 5:2; 12:15,16; 22:15,16

fugitives. Heb. fallen away.

left of the poor.

24:14; Jer 39:10; 40:7; 52:16; Eze 33:24

the.

20:17; 2Ch 36:18; Jer 27:19-22; 52:17-20; La 1:10

pillars.

Ex 27:3; 1Ki 7:15,27; 2Ch 4:12,13

bases.

1Ki 7:23-45; 2Ch 4:2-6,14-16

the pots.

Ex 27:3; 38:3; 1Ki 7:47-50; 2Ch 4:20-22; 24:14

and such things.

Ex 37:23; Nu 7:13,14; 1Ki 7:48-51; 2Ch 24:14; Ezr 1:9-11; Da 5:2,3

one sea. Heb. the one sea. the brass.

1Ki 7:47

one pillar.

1Ki 7:15,16; Jer 52:21-23

captain.

24,25,26

Seraiah.

1Ch 6:14; Ezr 7:1; Jer 52:24

Zephaniah.

Jer 21:1; 29:25,29

the second priest.Called by the Jews, {sagan,} who officiated for the high priest in case of any temporary incapacity.

door. Heb. threshold.

officer. or, eunuch. were in the king's presence. Heb. sawthe king's face.

Es 1:14

principal. or, scribe of the captain of the host.

and brought.

Jer 52:26,27; La 4:16

the king.These men were put to death as accessories to Zedekiah's rebellion; for the king of Babylon had no doubt found that they had counselled him to revolt.

So Judah.

17:20; 23:27; Le 26:33-35; De 4:26; 28:36,64; Jer 24:9,10; 25:9-11

Eze 12:25-28; 24:14; Am 5:27

the people.

Jer 40:5,6-12

Gedaliah.

25; Jer 39:14; 41:2

Ahikam.

22:12; 2Ch 34:20; Jer 26:24

And when.

Jer 40:7-9,11,12

Mizpah.There were several places of the name of Mizpah, or Mizpeh, and we do not certainly know which of them this was; but it is probable that it was that situated east of Jordan, in the mountains of Gilead, (Ge 31:49,) and most contiguous to Babylon; and therefore the most proper for the residence of Gedaliah.

sware to them.

2Sa 14:11; 19:23; Jer 40:9,10; Eze 33:24-29

and it shall be.

Jer 40:9; 43:6

seventh.

Zec 7:5; 8:19

Ishmael.

Jer 40:15,16; 41:1-15

royal. Heb. of the kingdom.

11:1

Jer 41:16-18; 42:14-22; 43:4-7

A.M. 3442. B.C. 562. it came to pass.

Jer 24:5,6; 52:31-34

king of Babylon.

Pr 21:1

lift up the head.

Ge 40:13,20

kindly to him. Heb. good things with him. the throne.

Jer 27:6-11; Da 2:37; 5:18,19

changed.

24:12; Ge 41:14,42; Es 4:4; 8:15; Isa 61:3; Zec 3:4; Lu 15:22

he did eat bread.

2Sa 9:7

a daily rate.

Ne 11:23; 12:47; Da 1:5; Mt 6:11; Lu 11:3; Ac 6:1

all the days of his life.

Ge 48:15,16 CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE TWO BOOKS OF KINGS. The events detailed in these books are highly interesting and important. The account of the wisdom, magnificence, and extended commerce of Solomon; the rash and impolitic conduct of Rehoboam; the disobedient prophet; the widow of Zarephath; Elijah and the prophets of Baal; Ben-hadad's pride and defeat; Elijah's assumption into heaven; Elisha's succession to his ministry, and the series of illustrious miracles he performed; the panic flight of the Syrians; the history of Ben-hadad and Hazael; and the predicted death of Ahab and Jezebel, and their children, are all pregnant with instruction, and have furnished themes for frequent dissertation. We perceive in these impressive histories the characters and qualities of men painted with the utmost fidelity, and the attributes of God displayed with great effect: we contemplate the exact accomplishment of God's promises and threatenings, the wisdom of his dispensations, and the mingled justice and mercy of his government. The particulars and circumstances are sketched out with a brief and lively description, and the imagination lingers with pleasure in filling up the striking outlines presented to our view. The authenticity of these books is attested by the prophecies they contain, which were subsequently fulfilled; by the citation of our Saviour and his Apostles; by their universal reception by the Jewish and Christian churches; and by the corresponding testimonies of profane authors and ancient sculptures.

2 Chronicles 32

1 Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah fortifies himself, and encourages his people.

9 Against the blasphemies of Sennacherib, Hezekiah and Isaiah pray.

21 An angel destroys the host of the Assyrians.

24 Hezekiah praying in his sickness, God gives him a sign of recovery.

25 He waxing proud, is humbled by God.

27 His wealth and works.

31 His error in the ambassage of Babylon.

32 He dying, Manasseh succeeds him.

these things.

20:1,2; 2Ki 18:13-37; Isa 36:1-22

king of Assyria.

2Ki 15:19; 17:6; 18:11,19,20; Isa 7:17,18; 8:6-8; 10:5,6; Ho 11:5

win them. Heb. break them up.

Isa 10:7-11; 37:24,25; Mic 2:13

he was purposed to fight. Heb. his face was to war.

2Ki 12:17; Lu 9:51,53

took counsel.

30:2; 2Ki 18:20; Pr 15:22; 20:18; 24:6; Isa 40:13; Ro 11:34

to stop.

2Ki 20:20; Isa 22:8-11

who stopped.This was prudently done; for, without water, how could an immense army subsist in ar arid country? No doubt the Assyrian army suffered much through this; as a Christian army did, through the same cause, 1,800 years afterwards.

the brook.

30; 30:14

ran through the midst of. Heb. overflowed. kings.The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read king, in the singular number.

1; 2Ki 18:9,13; 19:17; Isa 10:8

find.

1Ki 3:9,16,17; 19:21

he strengthened.

12:1; 14:5-7; 17:1,2; 23:1; 26:8; Isa 22:9,10

that was broken.

25:23

another wall.

2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4

Millo.

Jud 9:6; 2Sa 5:9; 1Ki 9:24; 11:27; 2Ki 12:20

darts. or, swords, or weapons.

26:14,15

he set captains.

17:14-19; 1Ch 27:3,4-34

in the street.

Ezr 10:9; Ne 8:1-3,16

comfortably to them. Heb. to their heart.

30:22; Ge 34:3; Isa 40:2; *margins

strong.

De 31:6,7,23; Jos 1:6-9; 1Ch 28:10,20; Isa 35:4; Da 10:19

Zec 8:9,23; Eph 6:10; 2Ti 2:1

be not afraid.

20:15; 2Ki 18:30; 19:6,7

for there.

2Ki 6:16; Ro 8:31; 1Jo 4:4

an arm.

Job 40:9; Jer 17:5; 1Jo 4:4

with us.

13:12; 14:11; Ps 46:7,11; Isa 8:10; 41:10; Ac 18:10; 2Ti 4:17,22

to fight.

20:15; De 20:1,4; Jos 10:42

rested. Heb. leaned.

15; 20:20; Isa 36:18

upon the words.

Pr 12:25

A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. Sennacherib.

2Ki 18:17; Isa 36:2

Lachish.

Jos 10:31; 12:11; 15:39; Isa 37:8; Mic 1:13

power. Heb. dominion.

Thus saith.

2Ki 18:19; Isa 36:4

siege. Heb. strong-hold.

to give over.

2Ki 18:27; Isa 36:12,18

The Lord our God.

15; 2Ki 18:30; 19:10; Ps 3:2; 11:1-3; 22:8; 42:10; 71:11; Mt 27:43

Hath not.

31:1; 2Ki 18:4,22; Isa 36:7

taken away.This was artfully malicious: many of the people had sacrificed to Jehovah on high places, (ch. 31:1;) and Hezekiah had removed them, as incentives to idolatry. Hence Rabshakeh insinuates that by so doing he had offended Jehovah, deprived the people of their religious rights, and that, consequently, he could neither expect the blessing of God, nor the cooperation of the people.

Ye shall worship.

De 12:13,14,26,27

one altar.

4:1; Ex 27:1-8; 30:1-6; 40:26-29; 1Ki 7:48

I and my.

2Ki 15:29; 17:5,6; 19:11-13,17,18; Isa 10:9,10,14; 37:12,13,18-20

Da 4:30,37; 5:19

were the gods.

19; 2Ki 18:33-35; 19:18,19; Ps 115:3-8; Isa 44:8-10

Jer 10:11,12,16; Ac 19:26; 1Co 8:4

among.

Isa 10:11,12

your God.

Ex 14:3; 15:9-11; Isa 42:8

deceive.

2Ki 18:29; 19:10

persuade.

11; 1Ki 22:22; Isa 36:18; Ac 19:26; Ga 1:10

much less.

Ex 5:2; Da 3:15; Joh 19:10,11

yet.

Job 15:25,26; Ps 73:9

against.

Joh 15:21

He wrote.

2Ki 19:9,14; Ne 6:5; Isa 37:14

to rail.

2Ki 19:22,28; Isa 10:15; 37:23,24,28,29; Re 13:6

As the gods.

2Ki 19:12

they cried.

2Ki 18:26-28; Isa 36:13

to affright.

1Sa 17:10,26; Ne 6:9

spake.

13-17; 1Sa 17:36; Job 15:25,26; Ps 10:13,14; 73:8-11; 139:19,20

the God.

6:6; Ps 76:1,2; 78:68; 87:1-3; 132:13,14; Isa 14:32; Heb 12:22

the work.

De 4:28; 27:15; 2Ki 19:18; Ps 135:15-18; Isa 2:8; 37:19; 44:16-20

Jer 1:16; 10:3,9; 32:30; Ho 8:5,6

Hezekiah.

2Ki 19:14-19; Isa 37:1,14-20

the prophet.

2Ki 19:2-4; Isa 37:2-4

prayed.

14:11; 20:6-12; Ps 50:15; 91:14,15

the Lord.

2Ki 19:20,35-37; Isa 10:16-18; 37:21,36,37; 42:8

angel.

2Sa 24:16; Ps 18:50; Da 3:28; 6:22; Mt 13:49,50; Ac 12:23

cut off all.

Job 9:4; Ps 76:5,7,12

the leaders.

Isa 10:8,16-19,33,34; 17:12-14; 29:5-8; 30:30-33; 33:10-12; 36:9

Re 6:15,16; 19:17,18

with shame.

Ps 132:18; Pr 11:2; 16:18

he was come.

2Ki 19:36,37; Isa 37:37,38

slew him. Heb. made him fall.

Lord.

Ps 18:48-50; 37:39,40; 144:10; Isa 10:24,25; 31:4,5; 33:22; Ho 1:7

guided.

Ps 48:14; 71:20,21; 73:24; Isa 58:11; Joh 16:13; 2Th 3:5

gifts.

2Sa 8:10,11; Ezr 7:15-22,27; Ps 68:29; 72:10; Isa 60:7-9; Mt 2:11

presents. Heb. precious things.

9:9,10,24; 17:5,11; 1Ki 4:21; 10:10,25

he was magnified.

1:1; 1Ch 29:25

Hezekiah.

2Ki 20:1-3; Isa 38:1-3

gave him a sign. or, wrought a miracle for him.

2Ki 20:4-11; Isa 38:4-8,21,22

rendered.

De 32:6; Ps 116:12,13; Ho 14:2; Lu 17:17,18

his heart.

31; 25:19; 26:16; De 8:12-14,17; 2Ki 14:10; 20:13; Eze 28:2,5,17

Da 5:20,23; Hab 2:4; 2Co 12:7; 1Ti 3:6; 1Pe 5:5,6

therefore.

24:18

See on

2Sa 24:1,10-17; 1Ch 21:1,12-17

Hezekiah.

33:12,19,23; 34:27; Le 26:40,41; 2Ki 20:19; Jer 26:18,19; Jas 4:10

pride. Heb. lifting up. so.

1Ki 21:19

days.

34:27,28; 1Ki 21:29

See on

2Ki 20:16-19; Isa 39:6-8

A.M. 3278-3306. B.C. 726-698. exceeding much.

1:12; 9:27; 17:5; Pr 10:22

treasuries.

1Ch 27:25-31

pleasant jewels. Heb. instruments of desire.

Storehouses.

26:10

stalls.

1Ki 4:26

cotes.

2Sa 7:8

possessions.

26:10; Ge 13:2-6; 1Ch 27:29-31; Job 1:3,9; 42:12

God.

25:9; De 8:18; 1Sa 2:7; 1Ch 29:12; Pr 10:22; 1Ti 6:17,18

Hezekiah.Or, "Hezekiah stopped the upper going out ({motza,} i.e., the egress into the open air,) of the waters of Gihon, and brought them underneath, ({lemattah,} by a subterraneous course,) to the west of the city of David:" See Note on 1 Ki 1:45.

stopped.

4; Isa 22:9-11

Gihon.

1Ki 1:33,38,45

And Hezekiah.

Jos 1:7,8; Ps 1:1-3

A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. in the business.

2Ki 20:12,13; Isa 39:1,2-8

ambassadors. Heb. interpreters. the wonder.

2Ki 20:8-11; Isa 38:8

left him.

Jud 16:20; Ps 27:9; 51:11,12; 119:116,117; Joh 15:5

to try him.

Ge 22:1; De 8:2,16; Job 1:11,12; 2:3-6; Ps 139:1,2,23,24; Pr 17:3

Zec 13:9; Mal 3:2,3; 1Pe 1:7; Jas 1:13

that he might.

De 8:2; 13:3

A.M. 3278-3306. B.C. 726-698. goodness. Heb. kindnesses.

31:20,21

in the vision.

Isa 36:1-39:8

in the book.

2Ki 18:1-20:21

slept.

1Ki 1:21; 2:10; 11:43

chiefest. or, highest. did him.

16:14; Ge 50:10,11; Nu 20:29; De 34:8; 1Sa 2:30; 25:1; Pr 10:7

And Manasseh.

33:1-20

2 Chronicles 36

1 Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and carried into Egypt.

5 Jehoiakim reigning ill, is carried bound into Babylon.

9 Jehoiachin succeeding, reigns ill, and is brought into Babylon.

11 Zedekiah succeeding, reigns ill, despises the prophets, and rebels against Nebuchadnezzar.

14 Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests and the people, is wholly destroyed.

22 The proclamation of Cyrus.

the people.

26:1; 33:25; 2Ki 23:30-37

Jehoahaz.

2Ki 23:31-34; 1Ch 3:15; Jer 22:11

put him down. Heb. removed him.

2Ki 23:33

condemned. Heb. mulcted.

made Eliakim.

2Ki 23:34,35; 1Ch 3:15

Necho.

Jer 22:10-12; Eze 19:3,4

Jehoiakim.

2Ki 23:36,37; Jer 22:13-19; 26:21-23; 36:1,27-32

A.M. 3397. B.C. 607. came up.

2Ki 24:1,2,5,6,13-20; Eze 19:5-9; Da 1:1,2; Hab 1:5-10

fetters. or, chains.

A.M. 3398. B.C. 606. the vessels.

2Ki 24:13; Ezr 1:7-11; Jer 27:16-18; 28:3; Da 5:2-4

A.M. 3394-3405. B.C. 610-599. written.

Jehoiachin.

Jeconiah.

Coniah.

Jechonias.

A.M. 3405. B.C. 599. eight years old.The Syriac, Arabic, and the parallel place, (on which see the Note,) have "eighteen years;" which, as Scaliger observes, is no doubt the genuine reading.

2Ki 24:8,9

when the year was expired. Heb. at the return of the year.king Nebuchadnezzar.

2Ki 24:10-17; 25:27-30; Jer 29:2; Eze 1:2

goodly vessels. Heb. vessels of desire.

7; Jer 27:18-22; Da 1:1,2; 5:2,23

Zedekiah.

2Ki 24:17

Mattaniah his father's brother.

1Ch 3:15,16; Jer 37:1

A.M. 3405-3416. B.C. 599-588. one and twenty.

2Ki 24:18-20; Jer 52:1-3

humbled.

32:26; 33:12,19,23; Ex 10:3; Da 5:22,23; Jas 4:10; 1Pe 5:6

before Jeremiah.

Jer 21:1-10; 27:12-22; 28:1-17; 34:2-22; 37:2-21; 38:14-28

the mouth.

35:22

rebelled.

2Ki 24:20; Jer 52:2,3; Eze 17:11-20

who had.

Jos 9:15,19,20; 2Sa 21:2

stiffened.

2Ki 17:4; Ne 9:16,17; Isa 48:4

hardened.

Ex 8:15,32; 9:17; Ne 9:29; Ro 2:4,5; Heb 3:8,13

all the chief.

2Ki 16:10-16; Ezr 9:7; Jer 5:5; 37:13-15; 38:4; Eze 22:6,26-28

Da 9:6,8; Mic 3:1-4,9-11; 7:2; Zep 3:3,4

very much.

28:3; 33:9

polluted.

33:4-7; Eze 8:5-16

the Lord.

24:18-21; 33:10; 2Ki 17:13; Jer 25:3,4; 26:5; 35:15; 44:4,5

his messengers. Heb. the hand of his messengers. betimes.i.e., continually and carefully. because.

Jud 10:16; 2Ki 13:23; Ho 11:8; Lu 19:41-44

mocked.

30:10; Ps 35:16; Isa 28:22; Jer 5:12,13; 20:7; Lu 18:32; 22:63,64

Lu 23:11,36; Ac 2:13; 17:32; Heb 11:36

despised.

Pr 1:24-30; Lu 16:14; Ac 13:41; 1Th 4:8

misused.

Jer 32:3; 38:6; Mt 5:12; 21:33-41; Ac 7:52

the wrath.

Ps 74:1; 79:1-5

till.

Pr 6:15; 29:1

remedy. Heb. healing.

he brought.

33:11; De 28:49; 2Ki 24:2,3; Ezr 9:7; Jer 15:8; 32:42; 40:3; Da 9:14

the king.

2Ki 25:1-30; Jer 39:1-18; 52:1-34

who slew.

Le 26:14-46; De 28:15-68; 29:18-28; 30:18; 31:16-18; 32:15-28

Ps 74:20; 79:2,3; Jer 15:9; 18:21; La 2:21,22

in the house.

24:21; La 2:20; Eze 9:5-7; Lu 13:1,2

no compassion.

De 28:50; Ps 74:20

A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. all the vessels.

7,10; 2Ki 25:13-17; Jer 27:18-22; 52:17-23; Da 5:3

treasures.

2Ki 20:13-17; Isa 39:6; Zec 1:6

they burnt.

2Ki 25:9; Ps 74:4-8; 79:1,7; Isa 64:10,11; Jer 7:4,14; 52:13

La 4:1; Mic 3:12; Lu 21:6

brake down.

2Ki 25:10,11; Jer 52:14,15

A.M. 3416-3468. B.C. 588-536. And them that had escapedfrom. Heb. And the remainder from. they were servants.

De 28:47,48; Jer 27:7

until the reign.

22; Ezr 1:1-11

To fulfil.

Jer 25:9,12; 26:6,7; 27:12,13; 29:10; Da 9:2; Zec 1:4-6

until the land.

Le 25:4-6; 26:34,35,43; Zec 1:12

A.M. 3468. B.C. 536.This verse and the next have a double aspect. They look back to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was accomplished; and they look forward to the history of Ezra, which begins with a repetition of these two last verses.

in the first.

Ezr 1:1-3

Cyrus.

Isa 44:28; Da 10:1

that the word.

21; Jer 25:12,14; 29:10; 32:42-44; 33:10-14; Heb 10:23

the Lord stirred.

21:16; 1Sa 26:19; 1Ki 11:14,23; 1Ch 5:26; Ezr 1:5

Isa 13:3-5,17,18; 44:28; 45:1-5; Hag 1:14

a proclamation.

24:9; 30:5

All the kingdoms.

Ps 75:5-7; Da 2:21,37; 4:35; 5:18,23

he hath charged.

Isa 44:26-28

Who is there.

1Ch 22:16; 29:5; Ezr 7:13; Zec 2:6,7; Ro 8:31

Jeremiah 4:7

lion.

5:6; 25:38; 49:19; 50:17,44; 2Ki 24:1; 25:1; Da 7:4

destroyer.

25:9; 27:8; Eze 21:19-21; 26:7-10; 30:10,11; Da 5:19

to.

2:15; 9:11; 26:9; 33:10; 34:22; Isa 1:7; 5:9; 6:11

Jeremiah 39:1-3

1 Jerusalem is taken.

4 Zedekiah is made blind and sent to Babylon.

8 The city laid in ruins,

9 and the people captivated.

11 Nebuchadrezzar's charge for the good usage of Jeremiah.

15 God's promise to Ebed-melech.

A.M. 3414. B.C. 590. the ninth.

52:4-7; 2Ki 25:1,2-7; Eze 24:1,2; Zec 8:19

the tenth.This was the month Tebeth, (Es 2:16,) which began with the first moon of January; and it was on the 10th of this month that Nebuchadnezzar invested the city.

A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. the fourth.This was the month Tammuz, which commences with the first moon of July: the siege had lasted just eighteen months.

2Ki 25:3

was.

5:10; 52:6,7; 2Ki 25:4; Eze 33:21; Mic 2:12,13; Zep 1:10

all the.

1:15; 21:4; 38:17

Nergalsharezer.

13; 2Ki 17:30

Sarsechim.These were the principal commanders; but Dr. Blayney thinks that, instead of six persons, we have in reality but three, as the name that follows each is the title of the office. Thus Nergal-Sharezer, who was Samgar-nebo, or keeper, i.e., priest of Nebo; Sarsechim, who was Rab-saris, or chief eunuch; and Nergal-sharezer, who was Rab-mag, or chief magi; as the words {mog} in Persian, {magoos} in Arabic, {magooshai} in Syriac, and [magos ,] in Greek, signify; and we learn from Justin and Curtius that the magi attended the king in war.