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There was probably an intention of seating colonists into the country
from some other part of the Empire, as the Assyrians had done in
Samaria 2 Kings 17:24....
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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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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....
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THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD LEFT THE POOR.
A remnant of the nation was left in Judea, principally the poor
tillers of the soil. To these were assigned certain fields and
vineyards (Jeremiah 39:10). Some...
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HUSBANDMEN. Compare Jeremiah 52:16....
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VI. THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE DEPORTATION OF THE JEWS
25:8-17
TRANSLATION
(8) And in the fifth month, the seventh day of the month, it being the
nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of B...
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_AND ALL THE ARMY OF THE CHALDEES, THAT WERE WITH THE CAPTAIN OF THE
GUARD, BRAKE DOWN THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM ROUND ABOUT._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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OF THE POOR OF THE LAND. — 2 Kings 24:14 (Comp. Jeremiah 39:10.)
HUSBANDMEN. — Or, _plowmen._ The word (Hebrew text, _gâbîm_)
occurs here only. Jeremiah 52:16 has a cognate form (_yôg’bîm_)
also
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וּ מִ דַּלַּ֣ת הָ אָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֖יר
רַב
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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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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...
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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 25:8...
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But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be]
vinedressers and husbandmen.
Ver. 12. _Left of the poor of the land._] Who would be rather a
burden than a benefit to the Chaldees; _...
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_Now the rest of the people that were left in the city_ Whom neither
the sword nor famine had destroyed, who were eight hundred and
thirty-two persons, (Jeremiah 52:29,) being members and traders of
t...
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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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But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land, those
without landed possessions, TO BE VINE-DRESSERS AND HUSBANDMEN, they
received orders to cultivate the vineyards and fields, lest the
co...
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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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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Kings 25:12 captain H7227 guard H2876 left H7604 (H8689) poor H1803
land H776 vinedressers H3755 farmers H3009 ...
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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...
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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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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 25:8 A few weeks after the fall of
JERUSALEM, the full vengeance of the Babylonian king came upon the
city.
⇐...
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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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2 Kings 24:14; Ezekiel 33:24; Jeremiah 39:10; Jeremiah 40:7;...
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Left of the poor — So while the rich were prisoners in a strange
land, the poor had liberty and peace in their own country! Thus
providence sometimes humbles the proud, and favours them of low
degree....