In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. This chapter consists of two parts: the first describes the capture of Jerusalem, the removal of the people to Babylon, and the fate of Ze... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF ZEDEKIAH, IN THE FOURTH MONTH, THE NINTH DAY OF THE MONTH, THE CITY WAS BROKEN UP._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. SAT - expressing military occupation or encampment. MIDDLE GATE - the gate f... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. THE KING'S GARDEN. The "gate" to it from... [ Continue Reading ]
But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. RIBLAH - north of Palestine (see ; ). Hamath is identif... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. SLEW THE SONS OF ZEDEKIAH IN RIBLAH BEFORE HIS EYES - previous to his eyes being "put out" () - literally, dug out. The Assyrian sculptures depict the delight with... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER HE PUT OUT ZEDEKIAH'S EYES, AND BOUND HIM WITH CHAINS, TO CARRY HIM TO BABYLON._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. THE CHALDEANS BURNED ... THE HOUSES - a just retribution for the prominent part they took against the prophet of God (Jeremiah 38:4); as also for their instigating Zedekiah... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. NEBUZARADAN ... CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE ... THE REMNANT - excepting the poorest (),... [ Continue Reading ]
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. BUT NEBUZAR-ADAN ... LEFT ... THE POOR ... WHICH HAD NOTHING. The poor have least to lose; one of the providential compensations... [ Continue Reading ]
Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, NEBUCHADREZZAR ... GAVE CHARGE CONCERNING JEREMIAH. Jeremiah's prophecies were known to Nebuchadnezzar through deserters (; ); also through the Jews carried to Babylon with Jeconia... [ Continue Reading ]
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. LOOK WELL TO HIM - Hebrew, set thine eyes upon him; provide for his well-being.... [ Continue Reading ]
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; NEBUZAR-ADAN ... SENT. He was then at Ramah ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. GEDALIAH - son of Ahikam, the former supporter of Jeremiah (). Gedaliah was the chief of the desert... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Belonging to the time when the city was not yet taken, and when Jeremiah was still in the court of the prison (). This passage is inserted here because it was now that Ebedmelech's good act, in i... [ Continue Reading ]