Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. Jeremiah having already (Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1) given the history in the proper place, was not likely to repeat it h... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT JEHOIAKIM HAD DONE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. THROUGH THE ANGER OF THE LORD ... ZEDEKIAH REBELLED. His "anger" against Jerusalem, determining Him to "cast out" His people ... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. NEBUCHADNEZZAR ... BUILT FORTS - rather, 'built... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THE CITY WAS BESIEGED UNTO THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF KING ZEDEKIAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. ALL THE MEN OF WAR FLED ... OUT... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEANS PURSUED AFTER THE KING, AND OVERTOOK ZEDEKIAH IN THE PLAINS OF JERICHO; AND ALL HIS ARMY WAS SCATTERED FROM HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. HE GAVE JUDGMENT UPON HIM - as guilty of rebellion and perjury (; cf. ).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF BABYLON SLEW THE SONS OF ZEDEKIAH BEFORE HIS EYES: HE SLEW ALSO ALL THE PRINCES OF JUDAH IN RIBLAH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. HE PUT OUT THE EYES OF ZEDEKIAH - thus fulfilling , "I will brink him to Babylon, yet shall he not see it." PUT HIM IN PRISON - litera... [ Continue Reading ]
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, IN THE TENTH DAY - but in it is said "the seventh day." Probably Nebuzaradan started f... [ Continue Reading ]
And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: ALL THE HOUSES ... AND ALL THE HOUSES OF THE GREAT ... BURNED HE - the "and" defines what houses especially are meant-namely, "the houses of the grea... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEANS, THAT WERE WITH THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD, BRAKE DOWN ALL THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM ROUND ABOUT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT NEBUZARADAN THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD LEFT CERTAIN OF THE POOR OF THE LAND FOR VINEDRESSERS AND FOR HUSBANDMEN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Also 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, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. THE PILLARS OF BRASS ... THE BASES AND THE BRASEN SEA ... THE CHALDEANS BRAKE - that they might be... [ Continue Reading ]
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. CALDRONS ... SHOVELS ... SNUFFERS ... - ().... [ Continue Reading ]
And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. THAT WHICH WAS OF GOLD IN GOLD - implying that the articles were of s... [ Continue Reading ]
The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. TWELVE BRASEN BULLS THAT WERE UNDER THE BASES - but the bulls were not "under the bases," but under the sea (1 King... [ Continue Reading ]
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. THE HEIGHT OF ONE PILLAR WAS EIGHTEEN CUBITS - but in it is "thirty-five cubits." The discrepancy is thus removed. Ea... [ Continue Reading ]
And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. THE HEIGHT OF ONE CHAPITER WAS FIVE CUBITS - (so ). But has "three cu... [ Continue Reading ]
And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. THERE WERE NINETY AND SIX POMEGRANATES ON A SIDE - literally (on the side). refunds the air or wind - i:e., on the outside of the capitals of the pillars conspicuous to the... [ 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: SERAIAH THE CHIEF PRIEST - different from the Seraiah () son of Neraiah, who was sent to Babylon in the fourth year of Zedekiah, and who is described as "a quiet prince... [ Continue Reading ]
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were fo... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO NEBUZARADAN THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD TOOK THEM, AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE KING OF BABYLON TO RIBLAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: IN THE SEVENTH YEAR - in ; ; it is said "the eighth year" of Nebuchadrezzar. No doubt it was in part about the end of the 7th year, in part about the beginning of the 8th yea... [ Continue Reading ]
In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF NEBUCHADREZZAR - when Jerusalem was taken. But in , and , "the nineteenth year." Probably it was in the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th ye... [ Continue Reading ]
In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. IN THE THREE AND TWENTIETH YEAR OF NEBUCHADREZZAR, NEBUZARADAN ... CARRIED AWAY CAPTIV... [ 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, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth... [ Continue Reading ]
And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, SET HIS THRONE ABOVE THE THRONE OF THE KINGS THAT WERE WITH HIM IN BABYLON - a mark of respect. THE KINGS - the Hebrew text reads (other) "kings." "The kings" is a Masoretic correction.... [ Continue Reading ]
And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. CHANGED HIS PRISON GARMENTS - gave him garments suitable to a king. HE DID CONTINUALLY EAT BREAD BEFORE HIM - (, "Mephibosheth ... did eat continually at the king's table").... [ Continue Reading ]
And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his THERE WAS A CONTINUAL DIET GIVEN HIM ... EVERY DAY A PORTION - rather, 'its portion,' margin (cf. margin, , 'the thing of a day in his (its) day' - i... [ Continue Reading ]