2 Kings 25:5

_AND THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEES PURSUED AFTER THE KING, AND OVERTOOK HIM IN THE PLAINS OF JERICHO: AND ALL HIS ARMY WERE SCATTERED FROM HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

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 25:5. _THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEANS PURSUED_] Zedekiah was taken, and brought captive to Riblah in Syria, where Nebuchadnezzar then lay, who ordered his sons to be slain before his face, and then put out his eyes; and having loaded him with chains, sent him to Babylon, (see Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 39:7; Jeremiah 52:7; Jeremiah 52:11), thus fulfilling the prophetic declarations, that _his eyes should see the eyes of the_ _king of Babylon_, J...

Jeremiah Jeremiah 38:23 and Ezekiel Ezekiel 12:13 had prophesied this capture; and the latter had also prophesied the dispersion of the troops 2 Kings 25:14....

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...

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

THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEES. *. OVERTOOK HIM. His escape was soon discovered and he was promptly pursued. Near Jericho, in the plains below the city, he was overtaken and his army at once scattered to save itself and left him to his fate. The student must bear in mind that the Babylonians were also called Chaldees. The Mesopotamian region, from which Abraham migrated to Palestine, was called Chaldea....

_And_[R.V. BUT] _the army of the Chaldees_ R.V. CHALDEANS. This change in the name of the people of Babylon is made in every place through the chapter. As the troops were all round the city there was very little chance for the king to get away. In his flight he was making for the Jordan, thinking pursuit to be more difficult in the mountainous region on the east of the river. But he was overtaken in the plains of Jericho, before the river was reached....