2 Kings 25:3

_AND ON THE NINTH DAY OF THE FOURTH MONTH THE FAMINE PREVAILED IN THE CITY, AND THERE WAS NO BREAD FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND._ On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed. In consequence of the close and protracted blockade, the inhabitants were reduced to dreadful extremities; and, under the maddening influence of hunger, the most inhuman atrocities were perpetrated (Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 2:22; Lamentations 4:9; Ezekiel 5:10). This was a fulfillment of the prophetic denunciations threatened on the apostasy of the chosen people ...

1-7 Jerusalem was so fortified, that it could not be taken till famine rendered the besieged unable to resist. In the prophecy and Lamentations of Jeremiah, we find more of this event; here it suffices to say, that the impiety and misery of the besieged were very great. At length the city was taken by storm. The king, his family, and his great men escaped in the night, by secret passages. But those deceive themselves who think to escape God's judgments, as much as those who think to brave them. By what befell Zedekiah, two prophecies, which seemed to contradict each other, were both fulfilled. Jeremiah prophesied that Zedekiah should be brought to Babylon, Jeremiah 32:5; Jeremiah 34:3; Ezekiel, that he should not see Babylon, Ez...

Verse 2 Kings 25:3. 2 Kings 25:2....

EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 25:1 THE LAST SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. THE JEWS LED INTO CAPTIVITY. HISTORY OF THE REMNANT LEFT BEHIND. RELEASE FROM PRISON OF JEHOIACHIN. 2 KINGS 25:1 LAST SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM. The open rebellion of Zedekiah was followed almost immediately by the advance into J

2 Kings 25:1...

FOURTH MONTH That is, July....

3. THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM AND JUDAH'S COMPLETE OVERTHROW CHAPTER 25 _ 1. The last siege and complete overthrow (2 Kings 25:1; 2 Chronicles 36:17)_ 2. Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:22) 3. Jehoiachin's captivity and release (2 Kings 25:27) Zedekiah's rebellion was a great offence. He had sworn in Jehovah's name to be loyal to Nebuchadnezzar (2 Chronicles 36:13; Ezekiel 17:13). We find more light thrown u

2 Kings 24:18 to 2 Kings 25:7. ZEDEKIAH. DESTRUCTION OF TEMPLE AND CITY. This event is related more fully in Jeremiah. Zedekiah seems to have been well-meaning but weak, and inclined to favour Jeremiah when not hindered by his nobles. The siege of Jerusalem, which lasted nearly two years (2 Kings 25:1), is more fully related in Jeremiah 37:1 to Jeremiah 39:7. 2 Kings 24:6. and they gave judgement upon him: Zedekiah's offence was intriguing with Egypt and

ON THE NINTH DAY OF THE FOURTH MONTH THE FAMINE PREVAILED. In the original the number is omitted, probably by the fault of the copyist. It is supplied from Jeremiah 52:6. The month answers to July. The city yielded to famine, an enemy more dreadful than the Chaldean soldiers. Hemmed in on all sides there was no approach for food. The greatness of the suffering may be gathered from Lamentations, Ezekiel here and there, and Joseph us.. third of the people died from famine and the pestilence that broke out. It was when the defenders were dead or weakened by starvation that the Chaldeans broke in....

FOURTH. This numeral is supplied from Jeremiah 52:6. THE FAMINE. The ninth recorded in Scripture. See note on Genesis 12:10. Fulfilling Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:53; Jeremiah 15:2; Jeremiah 27:13.Lamentations 2:20.Ezekiel 4:16. Sufferings described