Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 52:24
Three — It is probable there were more keepers of the door, but the captain of the guard took only three of the chief.
Three — It is probable there were more keepers of the door, but the captain of the guard took only three of the chief.
Verse Jeremiah 52:24. _THE SECOND PRIEST_] 2 Kings 25:18. _THE THREE KEEPERS_] The priests who stood at the door to receive the offerings of the people, see 2 Kings 20:9;...
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...
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...
SERAIAH. See 2 Kings 25:18; 1 Chronicles 6:14. Compare Jeremiah 51:59. DOOR. threshold....
Omitted in ch. 39, but cp. with it 2 Kings 25:18-21....
Severities following upon the capture 12. From this to Jeremiah 52:23, a part of the narrative which has been summarized in Jeremiah 39:8-10, we find in almost verbal accord with 2 Kings 25:8-17....
_Seraiah the chief priest_ probably identical with the ancestor of Ezra, mentioned Ezra 7:1. _Zephaniah_ See on Jeremiah 21:1. _keepers of the door_ Heb. _threshold_. See on Jeremiah 35:4....
II. EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FALL OF JERUSALEM Jeremiah 52:24-34 A. The Execution of the Princes Jeremiah 52:24-27 TRANSLATION (24) And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Ze...
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 Nerai...
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....
ZEPHANIAH] see on Jeremiah 21:1....
וַ יִּקַּ֣ח רַב ־טַבָּחִ֗ים אֶת ־שְׂרָיָה֙ כּ
CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
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...
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah (k) the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: (k) Which served in the high priests stead, if he had any necessary...
_Second in dignity to the high priest, a chief officer of the temple._...
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...
AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD TOOK SERAIAH THE CHIEF PRIEST,.... That is, out of the temple, where he was ministering, or fled for safety; this is supposed to be the father of Ezra, 1 Chronicles 6:14;...
_And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest_ 1 Chronicles 6:14, he was the father of Ezra; Ezra 7:1. _And Zephaniah the second priest_ See note on Jeremiah 29:26;...
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah, the chief priest, not identical with the man named Jeremiah 51:59, AND ZEPHANIAH, THE SECOND PRIEST, a very important member of the hierarchy, AND THE THREE...
DISPOSITION OF THE SPOIL AND OF THE CAPTIVES...
DOOR: _ Heb._ threshold...
24-30 The leaders of the Jews caused them to err; but now they are, in particular, made monuments of Divine justice. Here is an account of two earlier captivities. This people often were wonders both...
SEE POOLE ON "2 KINGS 25:18", where we have the same words. This Seraiah was not he mentioned JEREMIAH 51:59, but the son of Azariah, 1 CHRONICLES 6:14. By the SECOND PRIEST, interpreters understa
Jeremiah 52:24 captain H7227 guard H2876 took H3947 (H8799) Seraiah H8304 chief H7218 priest H3548 Zephaniah H6846
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 exe...
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...
CONTENTS: A retrospect: overthrow and capture of Judah. The latter days of Jehoiachin. CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Jeremiah, Jehoiachin, Jehoiakim, Nebuchadrezzar, Seraiah, Zephaniah, Evil-merodach. CONCLU...
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...
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
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 52:24 The temple’s chief leaders were taken into exile. ⇐ ⇔...
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...
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,...
1 Chronicles 6:14; 1 Chronicles 9:19; 2 Kings 25:18; Ezra 7:1;...