_THEN THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND TOOK JEHOAHAZ THE SON OF JOSIAH, AND MADE HIM KING IN HIS FATHER'S STEAD IN JERUSALEM._ The people of the land took Jehoahaz. Immediately after Josiah's overthrow and death, the people raised to the throne Shallum (1 Chronicles 3:15), afterward called Jehoahaz, in prefe... [ Continue Reading ]
_JEHOAHAZ WAS TWENTY AND THREE YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED THREE MONTHS IN JERUSALEM._ He reigned three months. His possession of sovereign power was of but very brief duration; because HE REIGNED THREE MONTHS. His possession of sovereign power was of but very brief duration; b... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF EGYPT PUT HIM DOWN AT JERUSALEM, AND CONDEMNED THE LAND IN AN HUNDRED TALENTS OF SILVER AND A TALENT OF GOLD._ An hundred talents of silver - 3,418 British pounds, 15 shillings. AND A TALENT OF GOLD - 5,475 British pounds. Total amount of tribute: 8,893 British pounds, 15 shillin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF EGYPT MADE ELIAKIM HIS BROTHER KING OVER JUDAH AND JERUSALEM, AND TURNED HIS NAME TO JEHOIAKIM. AND NECHO TOOK JEHOAHAZ HIS BROTHER, AND CARRIED HIM TO EGYPT._ Carried him (Jehoahaz) to Egypt - there he died (Jeremiah 22:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
_JEHOIAKIM WAS TWENTY AND FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED ELEVEN YEARS IN JERUSALEM: AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD HIS GOD._ JEHOIAKIM ... DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD - i:e., he followed the course of his idolatrous predecessors; a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AGAINST HIM CAME UP NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON, AND BOUND HIM IN FETTERS, TO CARRY HIM TO BABYLON._ Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. This refers to the first expedition of Nebuchadnezzar against Palestine, in the lifetime of his father Nabopolassar, who, being old and infirm... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEBUCHADNEZZAR ALSO CARRIED OF THE VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD TO BABYLON, AND PUT THEM IN HIS TEMPLE AT BABYLON._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_JEHOIACHIN WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED THREE MONTHS AND TEN DAYS IN JERUSALEM: AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD._ Jehoiachin was eight years old - called also Jeconiah or Coniah (Jeremiah 22:23). "Eight" should have been 'eighteen,' probably fr... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED, KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR SENT, AND BROUGHT HIM TO BABYLON, WITH THE GOODLY VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND MADE ZEDEKIAH HIS BROTHER KING OVER JUDAH AND JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ZEDEKIAH WAS ONE AND TWENTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND REIGNED ELEVEN YEARS IN JERUSALEM._ Zedekiah. Nebuchadnezzar appointed him. His name, originally Mattaniah, was, according to the custom of Oriental conquerors, changed into Zedekiah; and though the son of Josiah (1 Chronicles 3:15;... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD HIS GOD, AND HUMBLED NOT HIMSELF BEFORE JEREMIAH THE PROPHET SPEAKING FROM THE MOUTH OF THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE ALSO REBELLED AGAINST KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, WHO HAD MADE HIM SWEAR BY GOD: BUT HE STIFFENED HIS NECK, AND HARDENED HIS HEART FROM TURNING UNTO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL._ Who had made him swear. Zedekiah received his crown on the express condition of taking a solemn oath of fealty to the king o... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER ALL THE CHIEF OF THE PRIESTS, AND THE PEOPLE, TRANSGRESSED VERY MUCH AFTER ALL THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE HEATHEN; AND POLLUTED THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WHICH HE HAD HALLOWED IN JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD GOD OF THEIR FATHERS SENT TO THEM BY HIS MESSENGERS, RISING UP BETIMES, AND SENDING; BECAUSE HE HAD COMPASSION ON HIS PEOPLE, AND ON HIS DWELLING PLACE:_ The Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers. So Haggai is called. So is the priest (Malachi 2:7), and the Baptist... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THEY MOCKED THE MESSENGERS OF GOD, AND DESPISED HIS WORDS, AND MISUSED HIS PROPHETS, UNTIL THE WRATH OF THE LORD AROSE AGAINST HIS PEOPLE, TILL THERE WAS NO REMEDY._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEM THAT HAD ESCAPED FROM THE SWORD CARRIED HE AWAY TO BABYLON; WHERE THEY WERE SERVANTS TO HIM AND HIS SONS UNTIL THE REIGN OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA:_ Them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon. The humiliating and destructive aggression of the Chaldeans on the kingdom o... [ Continue Reading ]
_TO FULFIL THE WORD OF THE LORD BY THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH, UNTIL THE LAND HAD ENJOYED HER SABBATHS: FOR AS LONG AS SHE LAY DESOLATE SHE KEPT SABBATH, TO FULFIL THREESCORE AND TEN YEARS._ Until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths. The return of every seventh was to be held as a sabbatic year, a season... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS KING OF PERSIA, THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD SPOKEN BY THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH MIGHT BE ACCOMPLISHED, THE LORD STIRRED UP THE SPIRIT OF CYRUS KING OF PERSIA, THAT HE MADE A PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL HIS KINGDOM, AND PUT IT ALSO IN WRITING, SAYING,_ The Lord stirred up t... [ Continue Reading ]