2Ki 25, Jer 39, Jer 52, Eze 33:21 | TSK | STEP | Jerusalem is besieged. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out. Nebuzar-adan defaces the city, carries the remnant, except a few poor labourers, into captivity; and spoils and carries away the treasures. The nobles are slain at Riblah. Gedaliah, who was over them that remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt. 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.) Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadrezzar. pitched.

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.

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

Ezekiel 33:21

in the twelfth.This was on Wednesday, January 25, A.M. 3416 or 3417. According to the date here given, this escaped Jew did not come to the prophet, with intelligence of Jerusalem being smitten, till about eighteen months after the event; but instead of the "twelfth year," eight MSS. and the Syriac read the eleventh.

1:2

one.

24:26,27

The city.This was the very message which God had promised to the prophet.

24:26; 2Ki 24:4-7; 2Ch 36:17-21; Jer 39:2-8; 52:4-14