2Ki 24:1, Ezr 1:1-2, Jer 29:10, Dan 9:2 | TSK | STEP | Jehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him, procures his own ruin. Jehoiachin succeeds him. The king of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Babylon. Jehoiachin's evil reign. Jerusalem is taken and carried captive into Babylon. Zedekiah is made king, and reigns ill, unto the utter destruction of Judah. his days. Nebuchadnezzar.This prince, so famous in the writings of the prophets, was the son of Nabopollasar king of Babylon.

2 Kings 24:1

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.

Ezra 1:1-2

1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple.

5 The people provide for their return.

7 Cyrus restores the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar.

Now in the.

2Ch 36:22,23

Cyrus.Cyrus is said to have been the son of Cambyses, king of Persia, and Mandane, daughter of Astyages, king of Media: he was born about 600 years before Christ, and died at the age of 70, after a reign of 30 years. He was mentioned by name, and his conquests foretold, by the prophet Isaiah, about a century before his birth. Josephus states the partiality he evinced towards the Jews, arose from the circumstance of these prophecies being shown him, probably by Daniel.

by the mouth.

Jer 25:12-14; 29:10; 33:7-13

the Lord.

5:13-15; 6:22; 7:27; Ps 106:46; Pr 21:1; Da 2:1

made a proclamation. Heb. caused a voice to pass.

Mt 3:1-3; Joh 1:23

Lord God.

1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 2:12; Isa 66:1; Jer 10:11; Da 2:21,28; 5:23

hath given.

Jer 27:6,7; Da 2:37,38; 4:25,32; 5:19-21

all the kingdoms.According to the testimony of ancient writers, Cyrus, at this time, reigned over the Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Syrians, Assyrians, Indians, etc., and all lesser Asia.

he hath charged.

Isa 44:26-28; 45:1,12,13

Jeremiah 29:10

after.

25:12; 27:7,22; 2Ch 36:21-23; Ezr 1:1,2; Da 9:2; Zec 7:5

I will.

24:6,7; 32:42-44; Zep 2:7

Daniel 9:2

understood.

8:15,16; Ps 119:24,99,100; Mt 24:15; Mr 13:14; Ac 8:34; 1Ti 4:13

2Ti 3:15-17; 1Pe 1:10-12; 2Pe 1:19-21; Re 1:3

to Jeremiah.

2Ch 36:21; Jer 25:11,12; 27:7; 29:10; Zec 7:5

the desolations.

Ps 74:3-7; 79:1,2; Isa 6:11,12; 24:10-12; 64:10; Jer 7:34; 25:18

Jer 26:6,18; La 1:1; Mic 3:12