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Verse 2 Kings 25:5. _THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEANS PURSUED_] Zedekiah was
taken, and brought captive to Riblah in Syria, where Nebuchadnezzar
then lay, who ordered his sons to be slain before his face, a...
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Jeremiah Jeremiah 38:23 and Ezekiel Ezekiel 12:13 had prophesied this
capture; and the latter had also prophesied the dispersion of the
troops 2 Kings 25:14....
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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
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2 Kings 24:18 to 2 Kings 25:7. ZEDEKIAH. DESTRUCTION OF TEMPLE AND
CITY. This event is related more fully in Jeremiah. Zedekiah seems to
have been well-meaning but weak, and inclined to favour Jeremia...
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THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEES. *. OVERTOOK HIM.
His escape was soon discovered and he was promptly pursued. Near
Jericho, in the plains below the city, he was overtaken and his army
at once scattered to s...
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_And_[R.V. BUT] _the army of the Chaldees_ R.V. CHALDEANS. This change
in the name of the people of Babylon is made in every place through
the chapter. As the troops were all round the city there was...
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V. THE REVOLT OF ZEDEKIAH AND PUNISHMENT OF ZEDEKIAH 24:18-25:7
TRANSLATION
(18) Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and the name of hi...
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_AND THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEES PURSUED AFTER THE KING, AND OVERTOOK HIM
IN THE PLAINS OF JERICHO: AND ALL HIS ARMY WERE SCATTERED FROM HIM._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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....
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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...
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IN THE PLAINS OF JERICHO. — In the neighbour. hood of Jericho, the
Arabah expands to the breadth of eleven or twelve miles. The part west
of Jordan was called the “plains” (_Arbôth_ plural of _Arabah_...
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וַ יִּרְדְּפ֤וּ חֵיל ־כַּשְׂדִּים֙
אַחַ֣ר הַ...
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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...
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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...
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THE CAPTIVITY MADE COMPLETE
2 Kings 25:1
As the final catastrophe approaches, the historian becomes more minute
in his dates, marking the _month_ and the _day_. From Ezekiel 24:1 we
gather that on th...
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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...
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The history in this place is but shortly related, just to manifest
God's certain judgments: but very long and painful must have been the
process of them in their execution. Jeremiah had been long prea...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 25:1...
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_The army of the Chaldees pursued after the king_ Intelligence was
soon given of his flight, and which way he was gone, so that they soon
overtook him. _And all his army_ His guards; _were scattered f...
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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...
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And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him
in the plains of Jericho, for the king's intention evidently was to
escape beyond the river into the desert country; AND ALL HIS A...
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JUDAH CARRIED INTO CAPTIVITY...
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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...
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1-7 Jerusalem was so fortified, that it could not be taken till
famine rendered the besieged unable to resist. In the prophecy and
Lamentations of Jeremiah, we find more of this event; here it suffic...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Kings 25:5 army H2428 Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 (H8799) H310
king H4428 overtook H5381 (H8686) plains...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 25:1
THE LAST SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. THE JEWS LED INTO CAPTIVITY. HISTORY OF
THE REMNANT LEFT
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Amos 2:14; Isaiah 30:16; Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:8