2 Kings 24:10-16

At that time.

Da 1:1,2

was besieged. Heb. came into siege.

25:2

11

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

2 Chronicles 36:9-10

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

Jeremiah 22:24-28

Coniah.

28; 37:1; 2Ki 24:6-8

Jehoiachin.

1Ch 3:16

Jeconiah.

Mt 1:11,12

the signet.

6; So 8:6; Hag 2:23

I.

28; 21:7; 34:20,21; 38:16; 2Ki 24:15,16

whose.

Pr 10:24

15:2-4; 2Ki 24:15; 2Ch 36:9,10; Isa 22:17; Eze 19:9-14

to the.

11; 44:14; 52:31-34; 2Ki 25:27-30

desire. Heb. lift up their mind.

Ps 86:4

Is.This appears to be the application of the whole discourse to Zedekiah; for it is to be observed, that Jeconiah is spoken of as absent, and already in captivity. Now if he and his seed had been for their sins thrown aside as a broken idol, or as a vessel which a man despises, how could Zedekiah, who copied and far exceeded them, expect to prosper on the throne of David?

Coniah.

24

a despised.

48:38; 1Sa 5:3-5; 2Sa 5:21; Ps 31:12; Ho 8:8; 13:15; Ro 9:21-23

2Ti 2:20,21

his seed.

30; 1Ch 3:17-24; Mt 1:12-16

which.

14:18

Ezekiel 1:2

8:1; 20:1; 29:1,17; 31:1; 40:1; 2Ki 24:12-15

Ezekiel 17:3

A great.Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his towering ambition and rapaciousness.

7,12-21; De 28:49; Jer 4:13; 48:40; 49:16; La 4:19; Ho 8:1; Mt 24:28

great wings.Extensive empire, both in length and breadth.

Da 2:38; 4:22; 7:4

full.Numerous subjects, of various nations, and of different languages and manners.

divers colours. Heb. embroidering. came.Came against Judah and Jerusalem.

12; 2Ki 24:10-16; 2Ch 36:9,10; Jer 22:23-28; 24:1

the highest.Jeconiah, whom he took captive to Babylon.

the cedar.The royal and ancient family of David.
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