2Ki 24:14-16, 25:11, 2Ch 36, Jer 39, Jer 52 | TSK | STEP | 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. craftsmen. So the poorest sort.

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 39

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.

when

38:18-20; Le 26:17,36; De 28:25; 32:24-30; 2Ki 25:4-7

Isa 30:15,16; Eze 12:12; Am 2:14

betwixt.

52:7-11; 2Ch 32:5

Chaldeans'.

32:4,5; 38:18,23; 2Ch 33:11; La 1:3; 4:20

in the plains.

52:8; Jos 4:13; 5:10

Riblah.

52:9,26,27; 2Ki 23:33; 25:6

Hamath.

Nu 13:21; Jos 13:5; Jud 3:3; 2Sa 8:9; 2Ki 17:24

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

4:12; Eze 17:15-21

slew the.

52:10; 2Ki 25:7

before.

Ge 21:16; 44:34; De 28:34; 2Ki 22:20; 2Ch 34:28; Es 8:6; Isa 13:16

slew all.

21:7; 24:8-10; 34:19-21

he put.

32:4,5; 52:11; 2Ki 25:7; Eze 12:13

chains. Heb. two brasen chains, or fetters.

Jud 16:21; Ps 107:10,11; 119:8

burned.

7:20; 9:10-12; 17:27; 21:10; 34:2,22; 37:10; 38:18; 52:13; 2Ki 25:9

2Ch 36:19; Isa 5:9; La 1:10; 2:2,7; Am 2:5; Mic 3:12

and brake.

52:14; 2Ki 25:10; Ne 1:3

Nebuzar-adan.

13; 40:1; 52:12-16,26; 2Ki 25:11,20

captain of the guard. or, chief marshal. Heb. chief of theexecutioners, or slaughter-men. and so.

10,11-14; Ge 37:36

carried.

10:18; 16:13; 20:4-6; 52:28-30; Le 26:33; De 4:27; 2Ki 20:18

Isa 5:13

left of.

40:7; 2Ki 25:12; Eze 33:24

at the same time. Heb. in that day.

Now.Nebuchadnezzar must have frequently heard of Jeremiah's predictions, many of which were now fulfilled, which would dispose him to respect his character and treat him with kindness.

gave.

15:11,21; Job 5:19; Ac 24:23

to. Heb. by the hand of.

37:2; *marg:

look well to him. Heb. set thine eyes upon him.

24:6; 40:4; *marg:

Pr 23:5; Am 9:4; 1Pe 3:12

do him.

Ps 105:14,15; Pr 16:7; 21:1; Ac 7:10; 1Pe 3:13

Nebuzar-adan.

3,9

took.

15; 37:21; 38:13,28; 40:1-4; Ps 105:19

committed.

40:5-16; 41:1-3; 2Ki 25:22-25

Ahikam.

26:24

while.

14; 32:1,2; 36:1-5; 37:21; 2Ti 2:9

Ebed-melech.

38:7-13

Behold.

5:14; 19:11,12; 21:7-10; 24:8-10; 26:15,18,20; 32:28,29; 34:2,3,22

35:17; 36:31; 44:28,29; Jos 23:14,15; 2Ch 36:21; Da 9:12; Zec 1:6

Mt 24:35

before thee.

Ps 91:8,9; 92:11

I will.

1:19; Job 5:19-21; Ps 41:1,2; 50:15; 91:14,15; Da 6:16; Mt 10:40-42

Mt 25:40; 2Ti 1:16-18

of whom.

38:1,9; Ge 15:1; 2Sa 24:14

but.

21:9; 38:2; 45:4,5

because.

17:7,8; Ro 2:12; 1Ch 5:20; Ps 2:12; 33:18; 34:22; 37:3,39,40; 84:12

Ps 146:3-6; 147:11; Isa 26:3; Eph 1:12; 1Pe 1:21

Jeremiah 52

1 Zedekiah rebels.

4 Jerusalem is besieged and taken.

8 Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out.

12 Nebuzar-adan burns and spoils the city.

24 He carries away the captives.

28 The number of Jews carried captive.

31 Evil-merodach advances Jehoiachin.

A.M. 3406-3416. B.C. 598-588. one.

2Ki 24:18; 2Ch 36:11

begin to reign. Heb. reigned. Libnah.

Jos 10:29; 15:42

he did.

1Ki 14:22; 2Ki 24:19,20; 2Ch 36:12,13; Eze 17:16-20; 21:25

according.

26:21-23; 36:21-23,29-31

through.

2Sa 24:1; 1Ki 10:9; Pr 28:2; Ec 10:16; Isa 3:4,5; 19:4

Zedekiah.

2Ch 36:13; Eze 17:15-21

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

39:1; 2Ki 25:1-27; Eze 24:1,2

in the tenth month.

Zec 8:19

pitched.

7; 6:3-6; 32:24; Le 26:25; De 28:52-57; Isa 29:3; 42:24,25

Eze 4:1-7; 21:22; Lu 19:43; 21:20

A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. the fourth.

39:2; 2Ki 25:3; Zec 8:19

the famine.

15:2; 19:9; 21:9; 25:10; 38:9; Le 26:26; De 28:52,53; 32:24; Isa 3:1

La 4:4-6; 5:10; Eze 4:9-17; 5:10-12; 7:15; 14:21

the city.

34:2,3; 2Ki 25:4

all the men.

39:4-7; 49:26; 51:32; Le 26:17,36; De 28:25; 32:30; Jos 7:8-12

21:7; 32:4; 34:21; 37:18; 38:23; 39:5; Isa 30:16,17; La 4:19,20

Eze 12:12-14; 17:20,21; Am 2:14,15; 9:1-4

they took.

32:4,5; 2Ch 33:11; Eze 21:25-27

Riblah.

39:5; 2Ki 23:33; 25:6

Hamath.

Nu 13:21; Jos 13:5; 1Ki 8:65; 2Ch 8:3

slew.

22:30; 39:6,7; Ge 21:16; 44:34; De 28:34; 2Ki 25:7

he slew.

24-27; 2Ki 25:18-21; Eze 9:6; 11:7-11

put out the eyes of Zedekiah. Heb. blinded Zedekiah.

34:3-5; Eze 12:13

chains. or, fetters. prison. Heb. house of the wards.

fifth.

2Ki 25:8; Zec 7:3-5; 8:19

the tenth.It appears from the parallel passage of Kings, that Nebuzar-adan came from Riblah to Jerusalem on the seventh of the fifth month; but it seems that he did not set fire to the temple and city till the tenth day, being probably occupied on the intervening days in taking the vessels out of the house of the Lord, and collecting together all the riches that could be found. In memory of this calamity, the Jews devote two fasts to this day; the seventeenth of the fourth month, which falls in June, for the destruction of Jerusalem, and the ninth of the fifth month, which falls in July, for the destruction of the temple; both of which are mentioned by Zechariah as kept from this event till his time, a period of seventy years, under the names of the fast of the fourth month, and fast of the fifth month.

the nineteenth.

29; 2Ki 24:12; 25:8

captain of the guard. or, chief marshal. Heb. chief of theexecutioners, or slaughtermen, and so.

14; 39:9; Ge 37:36; *margins

served. Heb. stood before.

burned.

7:14; 2Ki 25:9; 2Ch 36:19; Ps 74:6-8; 79:1; Isa 64:10,11; La 2:7

Eze 7:20-22; 24:21; Mic 3:12; Zec 11:1; Mt 24:2; Ac 6:13,14

the king's.

22:14; 34:22; 37:8-10; 38:23; 39:8,9; Eze 24:1-14; Am 2:5; 3:10,11

Am 6:11

brake.

2Ki 25:10; Ne 1:3

carried.

15:1,2; Zec 14:2

certain.

39:9,10; 40:5-7; 2Ki 25:12; Eze 33:24

pillars.

21-23; 27:19-22; 1Ki 7:15-22,27,50; 2Ki 25:13-17; 2Ch 4:12,13

2Ch 36:18; La 1:10; Da 1:2

the bases.

1Ki 7:23-26; 2Ch 4:14,15

caldrons.

Ex 27:3; 38:3; 2Ki 25:14-16; Eze 46:20-24

the shovels. or, instruments to remove the ashes.

Nu 4:14; 1Ki 7:40,45; 2Ch 4:11,16

the snuffers.

Ex 37:23; 2Ch 4:22

bowls. or, basons

Ex 25:29; 37:16; Nu 4:7,14; 1Ki 7:50; 1Ch 28:17; 2Ch 4:8; Ezr 1:10

the spoons.

Nu 7:13,14,19,20,26,32,38,44,50,56, 2Ch 24:14

fire pans. or, censers.

Le 26:12; Nu 16:46; Re 8:3-5

and the candlesticks.

Ex 25:31-39; 1Ki 7:49; 2Ch 4:6-22

two.

the brass. Heb. their brass. without.

1Ki 7:47; 2Ki 25:16; 1Ch 22:14; 2Ch 4:18

concerning.

1Ki 7:15-21; 2Ki 25:17; 2Ch 3:15-17

fillet. Heb. thread.

with network.

Ex 28:14-22,25; 39:15-18; 1Ki 7:17; 2Ch 3:15; 4:12,13

all the.

1Ki 7:20

the captain.

12,15; 2Ki 25:18

Seraiah.

1Ch 6:14; Ezr 7:1

Zephaniah.

21:1; 29:25,29; 37:3; 2Ki 25:18

door. Heb. threshold.

35:4; 1Ch 9:19-26; Ps 84:10; *marg:

an eunuch.

2Ki 25:19

were near the king's person. Heb. saw the face of the king.

Es 1:14; Mt 18:10

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

the king.

6:13-15; 2Ki 25:20,21; Eze 8:11-18; 11:1-11

Riblah.

9; Nu 34:8-11; 2Sa 8:9

Thus.

24:9,10; 25:9-11; 39:10; Le 26:33-35; De 4:26; 28:36,64

2Ki 17:20,23; 23:27; 25:21; Isa 6:11,12; 24:3; 27:10; 32:13,14

Eze 33:28; Mic 4:10

A.M. 3404. B.C. 600. in the.

2Ki 24:2,3,12-16; Da 1:1-3

A.M. 3415. B.C. 589. the eighteenth.

12; 39:9; 2Ki 25:11; 2Ch 36:20

persons. Heb. souls.

Ge 12:5; Ex 1:5

carried.

15; 6:9

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

2Ki 25:27-30

in the twelfth.Nearly answering to our 25th of April, A.M. 3442.

king of Babylon.

Pr 21:1

lifted up.This phrase is founded on the observation that those in sorrow hold down their heads; and, when comforted, or the cause of their sorrow removed, they lift up their heads.

Ge 40:13,20; Job 22:29; Ps 3:3; 27:6

kindly unto him. Heb. good things with him.

Pr 12:25

set.Gave him a more respectable seat than any of the captive princes.

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

changed.Presented him with a caftan, or robe, as a mark of favour, as is still the practice in the East.

Ge 41:14,42; Ps 30:11; Isa 61:1-3; Zec 3:4

he did.

2Sa 9:7,13; 1Ki 2:7

there was.

2Sa 9:10; Mt 6:11

every day a portion. Heb. the matter of the day in his day.

Lu 11:3