2Ki 18:17, 19:32, 24:11-12, 25:1-4, Eze 21:22, Mat 22:7, Luk 19:43-44 | TSK | STEP | A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. the king. 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.

2 Kings 18:17

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

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

2 Kings 19:32

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

2 Kings 24:11-12

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

2 Kings 25:1-4

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

Ezekiel 21:22

captains. or battering rams. Heb. rams.

4:2

to lift.

Ex 32:17,18; Jos 6:10,20; 1Sa 17:20; Job 39:25; Jer 51:14

to appoint.

4:2; Jer 32:24; 33:4; 52:4

Matthew 22:7

he was.

21:40,41; Da 9:26; Zec 14:1,2; Lu 19:27,42-44; 21:21,24; 1Th 2:16

1Pe 4:17,18

his.

De 28:49-68; Isa 10:5-7; 13:2-5; Jer 51:20-23; Joe 2:11,25; 3:2

Lu 19:27

Luke 19:43-44

the days.

21:20-24; De 28:49-58; Ps 37:12,13; Da 9:26,27; Mt 22:7; 23:37-39

Mr 13:14-20; 1Th 2:15,16

cast.Or, "cast a bank" or rampart [charax .] This was literally fulfilled when Jerusalem was besieged by Titus; who surrounded it with a wall of circumvallation in three days, though not less than 39 furlongs in circumference; and when this was effected, the Jews were so enclosed on every side, that no person could escape from the city, and no provision could be brought in.

Isa 29:1-4; Jer 6:3-6

lay.

1Ki 9:7,8; Mic 3:12

thy children.

13:34,35; Mt 23:37,38

leave.

21:6; Mt 24:2; Mr 13:2

because.

42; 1:68,78; La 1:8; Da 9:24; Joh 3:18-21; 1Pe 2:12