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Jeremiah 52:8

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.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 52:8. _THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEANS PURSUED_] 2 Kings 25:5....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 50-51 BABYLON These two final Chapter s contain a great prophecy concerning Babylon, her overthrow and doom. The fifty-first chapter closes with the statement “thus far are the words of Jere...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 52. HISTORICAL APPENDIX. This is taken from 2 Kings 24:18 ff., and gives an account of the capture of Jerusalem, etc., in 586, _i.e._ of the fulfilment of Jeremiah's repeated declarations. Ex...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Lamentations 4:19 f. may perhaps refer to this, in which case the circumstances probably were these, that one body of Chaldaeans followed, and another laid wait in the plain. Cp. Ezekiel 12:13....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER TWENTY AN HISTORICAL APPENDIX Jeremiah 52:1-34 Chapter 51 closes with an editorial note: Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. Whoever was responsible for appending chapter 52 to the book must...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HISTORICAL APPENDIX (PROBABLY BY THE COMPILER OF THE BOOK) This chapter is substantially the same as Jeremiah 39 (see notes there), but adds particulars relating to the Temple vessels (Jeremiah 52:17....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּרְדְּפ֤וּ חֵיל ־כַּשְׂדִּים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The last chapter of the Book of Jeremiah consists of a historical appendix written, as the final words of the previous chapter show, by another hand. It first gives a brief account of the capture of t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The last chapter forms no part of the book of Jeremiah, properly so called. We find in it events relative to the destruction of Jerusalem and of the temple. After the remarks we have made, that which...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEANS PURSUED AFTER THE KING,.... Not finding him in his palace, and being informed of his flight, and which way he took: AND OVERTOOK ZEDEKIAH IN THE PLAINS OF JERICHO: Jere...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Zedekiah was one and twenty years old_ The first three verses of this chapter are word for word the same with 2 Kings 24:18, where see the notes; and for the six following verses, see those on 2 King...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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, for in a panic, as they were, there was no thought of real...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 This fruit of sin we should pray against above any thing; Cast me not away from thy presence, Psalms 51:11. None are cast out of God's presence but those who by sin have first thrown themselves o...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 52:8 army H2428 Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 (H8799) H310 king H4428 overtook H5381 (H8686) Zedekiah...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AN ACCOUNT OF THE TAKING AND DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM WHICH IS THEN FOLLOWED BY THE PART RESTORATION OF THE DAVIDIC KING (JEREMIAH 52:1). In this narrative, which on the whole is a repetition of 2 Kin...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    IN ACCORD WITH THE PROPHECIES OF JEREMIAH NEBUCHADREZZAR BESIEGES JERUSALEM, TAKES ZEDEKIAH PRISONER AND EXACTS VENGEANCE ON HIS SONS AND ON THE NOBLES OF JUDAH (JEREMIAH 52:4). Jeremiah 52:4 ‘And it...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 52:8 Of the many truths which the passage before us teaches, the mysterious intervolution of the plans of God with the plans of men will seem to some minds the most impressive. I. The enclo...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: A retrospect: overthrow and capture of Judah. The latter days of Jehoiachin. CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Jeremiah, Jehoiachin, Jehoiakim, Nebuchadrezzar, Seraiah, Zephaniah, Evil-merodach. CONCLU...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 52:1. _Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign._ This and the two following verses are taken from 2 Kings 24:18; and the seven succeeding verses are taken from the thirty...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 52:1 Conclusion: The Fall of Jerusalem. The book ends by describing Jerusalem’s fall and Zedekiah’s blinding (vv. Jeremiah 52:1), the destr

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter forms a historical appendix to the Book of Jeremiah. Its AUTHORSHIP is conjectural. They who think Jeremiah penned it urge that the closing words of chap. 5...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter prove that it is not an independent narrative, but the concluding part of a history of the kings of Judah. It agrees almost word for word with 2 Kings 24:18-12,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 2:14; Amos 2:15; Amos 9:1; Ezekiel 12:12; Ezekiel 17:20;...

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