A BRIEF SUMMARY OF ZEDEKIAH'S REIGN (JEREMIAH 52:1). This parallels 2 Kings 24:18, and briefly summarises Zedekiah's reign as ‘evil in the sight of YHWH' because of his maintenance of idolatry and gross breach of the covenant with YHWH as contained in the books of Moses. Jeremiah 52:1 ‘Zedekiah w... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Kings 24:18 to 2 Kings 25:30, there appear to be certain emphases: · King Zedekiah, and the people wi... [ Continue Reading ]
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 came about in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND OF THE TEMPLE FOLLOWED BY THE TAKING OF EXILES AND THE TREASURES OF THE TEMPLE TO BABYLON (JEREMIAH 52:12). Having taken Jerusalem Nebuzaradan, the commander of the king's bodyguard, burned down the Temple and the royal palace, together with the leading residences o... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EXECUTION OF JUDAH'S RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LEADERS AND THE EXILE OF ITS LEADING CITIZENS (JEREMIAH 52:24). Nebuzaradan now selected out what remained of the leading citizens in Jerusalem for execution as having main responsibility for the rebellion, taking them to Riblah so that they could be... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RESTORATION OF JEHOIACHIN TO A POSITION OF HONOUR (JEREMIAH 52:31). When Nebuchadrezzar crushed the rebellion of Jehoiakim in 597 BC, with Jehoiachin coming to the throne as the Davidic king while the final days of the siege were in progress, he took the 18 year old Jehoiachin back to Babylon wh... [ Continue Reading ]