Jer 52:12-15, Zec 7:3 | TSK | STEP | fifth. 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. captain of the guard. or, chief marshal. Heb. chief of theexecutioners, or slaughtermen, and so. served. Heb. stood before.

Jeremiah 52:12-15

fifth.

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

Zechariah 7:3

speak.

De 17:9-11; 33:10; Eze 44:23,24; Ho 4:6; Hag 2:11; Mal 2:7

Should.

5; Ne 8:9-11; 9:1-3; Ec 3:4; Isa 22:12,13; Joe 2:17; Mt 9:15

Jas 4:8-10

fifth.This was a fast for the burning of the temple, as that of the seventh month was for the death of Gedaliah; and seeing that the city and temple were in part rebuilt, they wished to know whether they should continue the observance of them.

8:19; 2Ki 25:8,9; Jer 52:12-14

separating.

12:12-14; 1Co 7:5