Of them that were in the king's presence, i.e. of them who constantly attended upon the king's person: see 1 Kings 10:8 Esther 1:14. Object. These were seven, Jeremiah 52:25. Answ. Either five were first taken, and two after them; or two of the seven were of an inferior rank, who therefore are here omitted. Threescore men of the people of the land; who had been most forward or active in the rebellion.
Verse 2 Kings 25:19. _AND FIVE MEN OF THEM THAT WERE IN THE KING'S PRESENCE_] These were principal counsellors, and confidential officers. In Jeremiah 52:25, it is said he took _seven_ men who were...
OUT OF THE CITY - This clause shows that the five persons mentioned in 2 Kings 25:18 were taken out of the temple. FIVE MEN - Or, “seven men,” according to Jeremiah 52:25. It is impossible to say whi...
3. THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM AND JUDAH'S COMPLETE OVERTHROW CHAPTER 25 _ 1. The last siege and complete overthrow (2 Kings 25:1; 2 Chronicles 36:17)_ 2. Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:22) 3. J
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. FATE OF THE REMNANT. This again is more fully related in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 39:8 to Jeremiah 42:22), of which the passage before us is probably an abridgement. 2 Kings 25:8....
PRINCIPAL SCRIBE. scribe of the captain of the host....
_five men of them that were in the king's presence_ R.V. THAT SAW THE KING'S FACE. For the expression, cf. Esther 1:14. The officer over the men of war, and the five persons admitted to closest intima...
VII. THE AFTERMATH OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM 25:18-30 Chapter 25 closes with a series of notices which are somewhat in the nature of an appendix. The author speaks here of (1) the execution of certain...
_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, WHI...
25:19 chamberlain (g-9) Or 'eunuch.' captain (h-40) Or 'scribe-in-chief.'...
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM This chapter relates the siege and destruction of Jerusalem, the capture of king Zedekiah, and the deportation of most of the Jewish people....
THAT.. PRESENCE] i.e. those of the king's ministers who enjoyed freedom of access to him. THE PRINCIPAL SCRIBE, etc.] RM 'the scribe of the captain of the host': i.e. the official who superintended th...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 25 THE KING OF BABYLON ATTACKS JERUSALEM V1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched out with his whole army. He marche...
List of the chief personages taken by Nebu-zaradan in the Temple and the city of David. This notice may be regarded as an indirect proof that the upper city was not captured before....
THE CITY. — Thenius is probably right in explaining _the city of David._ AN OFFICER THAT WAS SET OVER THE MEN OF WAR — _i.e.,_ a royal officer commanding the garrison of the city of David. He was prob...
וּ מִן ־הָ עִ֡יר לָקַח֩ סָרִ֨יס אֶחָ֜ד
ZEDEKIAH, THE LAST KING OF JUDAH B.C. 597-586 2 Kings 24:18; 2 Kings 25:1 " _ Quand ce grand Dieu a choisi quelqu'un pour etre l'instrument de ses desseins rien n'arrete le cours, en enchaine, ou...
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM B.C. 586 2 Kings 25:1 "In that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all nations." - Zechariah 12:3 "An end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee: beh...
THE TEMPLE DESPOILED 2 Kings 25:13 The Temple, after 420 years of varying fortune, was burned to the ground, and the remainder of its treasures carried off. A few years after, Nebuchadnezzar set up a...
The rebellion was easily quelled, and Zedekiah was captured and taken to Babylon. His fate is tragic and awful. With eyes put out, and bound in fetters, he was carried to the court of his conqueror as...
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and (k) five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host,...
Eunuch. Protestants, "officer." (Haydock) --- Five. Arabic and Jeremias lii. 25., read seven, as two were probably discovered afterwards, (Calmet) or had fled. (Du Hamel) --- These were chief officers...
Here we have the final account of Judah as a kingdom. So that from Joshua's days, in which it began to be formed, to the last of its kings, Zedeciah, it stood about 850 or 860 years. And the church's...
Well, then, in the next portion of our book (2 Kings 21:1-26) we see how truly a pious father may be followed by an impious son. Manasseh, young as he was, did not only begin to reign, but "did that w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 24 AND 25. The kings of Israel had been the fatal examples of a course which had led Judah and all Israel to their ruin (see 2 Kings 16:3). The pious Jehoshap...
2 Kings 25:18...
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, whic...
_The captain of the guard took Seraiah, the chief priest_ The high-priest, grandson of that Hilkiah mentioned 2 Kings 22:4, and father of Jehosadak, who, it seems, was taken with his father; and when...
1 Ierusalem is besieged. 4 Zedekiah taken, his sonnes slaine, his eyes put out. 8 Nabuzaradan defaceth the city, carieth the remnant, except a few poore labourers, into captiuitie, 13 Spoileth and...
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, the commander of the city, AND FIVE MEN OF THEM THAT WERE IN THE KING'S PRESENCE, WHICH WERE FOUND IN THE CITY, of the king's i...
JUDAH CARRIED INTO CAPTIVITY...
THE TOTAL CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH (vv.1-21) In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign Nebuchadnezzar came and besieged Jerusalem, building a wall around it. Jeremiah told Zedekiah, by the word of the Lord, t...
OFFICER: Or, Eunuch WERE IN THE KINGS PRESENCE: _ Heb._ saw the kings face PRINCIPLE SCRIBE OF THE HOST: Or, scribes of the captain of the host...
8-21 The city and temple were burnt, and, it is probable, the ark in it. By this, God showed how little he cares for the outward pomp of his worship, when the life and power of religion are neglected...
2 Kings 25:19 took H3947 (H8804) city H5892 an H259 officer H5631 charge H6496 men H582 war H4421 five...
3). THE FINAL DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE DEATH OF ITS LEADERS (2 KINGS 25:8). Kings began with a description of the building of the house of YHWH and of the king's house (1 Kings 5:1 to 1 Kings...
CONTENTS: Seige of Jerusalem and final deportation. CHARACTERS: God, Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Gedaliah, Ishmael, Evil-merodach, Jehoiachin. CONCLUSION: Those who have by sin provoked God to leave t...
2 Kings 25:18. _Seraiah,_ the father of Ezra, was put to death with the nobles for rebellion; but many of those who thus suffered had also made a false covenant with the Lord; and their sins found the...
_And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign._ CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH We have two prominent characters in this lesson--Zedekiah King of Judah, and Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon. The latter was on...
THE UTTER DESOLATION OF JERUSALEM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 25:1. IN THE NINTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN—The revolt of Zedekiah so incensed Nebuchadnezzar that he determined on the final act o...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 25:1 THE LAST SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. THE JEWS LED INTO CAPTIVITY. HISTORY OF THE REMNANT LEFT
Esther 1:14...