_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE NINTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN, IN THE TENTH MONTH, IN THE TENTH DAY OF THE MONTH, THAT NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON CAME, HE, AND ALL HIS HOST, AGAINST JERUSALEM, AND PITCHED AGAINST IT; AND THEY BUILT FORTS AGAINST IT ROUND ABOUT._ Nebuchadnezzar ... came ... against Jerusa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CITY WAS BESIEGED UNTO THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF KING ZEDEKIAH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CITY WAS BROKEN UP, AND ALL THE MEN OF WAR FLED BY NIGHT BY THE WAY OF THE GATE BETWEEN TWO WALLS, WHICH IS BY THE KING'S GARDEN: (NOW THE CHALDEES WERE AGAINST THE CITY ROUND ABOUT:) AND THE KING WENT THE WAY TOWARD THE PLAIN._ The city was broken up - i:e., a breach was effected, as we a... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THEY TOOK THE KING, AND BROUGHT HIM UP TO THE KING OF BABYLON TO RIBLAH; AND THEY GAVE JUDGMENT UPON HIM._ They took the king, and brought him ... to Riblah. Nebuchadnezzar, having gone from the siege to oppose the auxiliary forces of Pharaoh-hophra, left his generals to carry on the blockade,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SLEW THE SONS OF ZEDEKIAH BEFORE HIS EYES, AND PUT OUT THE EYES OF ZEDEKIAH, AND BOUND HIM WITH FETTERS OF BRASS, AND CARRIED HIM TO BABYLON._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE FIFTH MONTH, ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS THE NINETEENTH YEAR OF KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON, CAME NEBUZARADAN, CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD, A SERVANT OF THE KING OF BABYLON, UNTO JERUSALEM:_ On the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan - (cf. Jeremiah 52:12.) In... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BURNT THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND THE KING'S HOUSE, AND ALL THE HOUSES OF JERUSALEM, AND EVERY GREAT MAN'S HOUSE BURNT HE WITH FIRE._ He burnt the house of the Lord. The substructures of Solomon's temple have been discovered. The stones are of large size such as are special to Judea (and Ass... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEES, THAT WERE WITH THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD, BRAKE DOWN THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM ROUND ABOUT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PILLARS OF BRASS THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND THE BASES, AND THE BRASEN SEA THAT WAS IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, DID THE CHALDEES BREAK IN PIECES, AND CARRIED THE BRASS OF THEM TO BABYLON._ The pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord - (cf. Jeremiah 52:19.) The large b... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE POTS, AND THE SHOVELS, AND THE SNUFFERS, AND THE SPOONS, AND ALL THE VESSELS OF BRASS WHEREWITH THEY MINISTERED, TOOK THEY AWAY._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD TOOK SERAIAH THE CHIEF PRIEST, AND ZEPHANIAH THE SECOND PRIEST, AND THE THREE KEEPERS OF THE DOOR:_ The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest. The most eminent inhabitants were taken to the king at Riblah (2 Kings 25:21), a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OUT OF THE CITY HE TOOK AN OFFICER THAT WAS SET OVER THE MEN OF WAR, AND FIVE MEN OF THEM THAT WERE IN THE KING'S PRESENCE, WHICH WERE FOUND IN THE CITY, AND THE PRINCIPAL SCRIBE OF THE HOST, WHICH MUSTERED THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND, AND THREESCORE MEN OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND THAT WERE FOUND IN... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NEBUZARADAN CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD TOOK THESE, AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE KING OF BABYLON TO RIBLAH:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF BABYLON SMOTE THEM, AND SLEW THEM AT RIBLAH IN THE LAND OF HAMATH. SO JUDAH WAS CARRIED AWAY OUT OF THEIR LAND._ So Judah was carried away out of their land. 'In the history of the Jewish state, this great truth is clearly and powerfully impressed, that as "righteousness exalteth a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT REMAINED IN THE LAND OF JUDAH, WHOM NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON HAD LEFT, EVEN OVER THEM HE MADE GEDALIAH THE SON OF AHIKAM, THE SON OF SHAPHAN, RULER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN ALL THE CAPTAINS OF THE ARMIES, THEY AND THEIR MEN, HEARD THAT THE KING OF BABYLON HAD MADE GEDALIAH GOVERNOR, THERE CAME TO GEDALIAH TO MIZPAH, EVEN ISHMAEL THE SON OF NETHANIAH, AND JOHANAN THE SON OF CAREAH, AND SERAIAH THE SON OF TANHUMETH THE NETOPHATHITE, AND JAAZANIAH THE SON OF A M... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GEDALIAH SWARE TO THEM, AND TO THEIR MEN, AND SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR NOT TO BE THE SERVANTS OF THE CHALDEES: DWELL IN THE LAND, AND SERVE THE KING OF BABYLON; AND IT SHALL BE WELL WITH YOU._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT IT CAME TO PASS IN THE SEVENTH MONTH, THAT ISHMAEL THE SON OF NETHANIAH, THE SON OF ELISHAMA, OF THE SEED ROYAL, CAME, AND TEN MEN WITH HIM, AND SMOTE GEDALIAH, THAT HE DIED, AND THE JEWS AND THE CHALDEES THAT WERE WITH HIM AT MIZPAH._ Ishmael ... of the seed royal, came. He had found refuge w... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE PEOPLE, BOTH SMALL AND GREAT, AND THE CAPTAINS OF THE ARMIES, AROSE, AND CAME TO EGYPT: FOR THEY WERE AFRAID OF THE CHALDEES._ Came to Egypt - in spite of Jeremiah's dissuasions (Jeremiah 43:7), and settled in various cities of that country (Jeremiah 44:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE SEVEN AND THIRTIETH YEAR OF THE CAPTIVITY OF JEHOIACHIN KING OF JUDAH, IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, ON THE SEVEN AND TWENTIETH DAY OF THE MONTH, THAT EVILMERODACH KING OF BABYLON IN THE YEAR THAT HE BEGAN TO REIGN DID LIFT UP THE HEAD OF JEHOIACHIN KING OF JUDAH OUT OF PRISON;_... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SPAKE KINDLY TO HIM, AND SET HIS THRONE ABOVE THE THRONE OF THE KINGS THAT WERE WITH HIM IN BABYLON;_ And he spake kindly - gave him liberty upon parole. Jehoiachin had continued a state-prisoner for 37 years during the whole reign of Nebuchadnezzar, and among the many causes of grief and o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND CHANGED HIS PRISON GARMENTS: AND HE DID EAT BREAD CONTINUALLY BEFORE HIM ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE._ He did eat bread continually before him - i:e., according to an ancient usage in Eastern courts, had a seat at the royal table on great days, and had a stated provision granted him for the maint... [ Continue Reading ]