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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 25:13 PILLARS OF BRONZE THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD begins a detailed list of temple furnishings (vv. 2 Kings 25:13) carried off by the Babylonians for the value of their metal. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length,... [ Continue Reading ]
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 25:21 Almost all hope is gone in the summary statement, SO JUDAH WAS TAKEN INTO EXILE OUT OF ITS LAND. But the land is still “its land,” holding out the promise of a future return. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img;... [ Continue Reading ]
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 25:22 GEDALIAH, the new GOVERNOR of the territory that once was Judah, was the grandson of King Josiah’s secretary SHAPHAN. His assassination caused a general flight to EGYPT. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 25:27 EVIL-MERODACH was Nebuchadnezzar’s son and successor. His release of the Judean king FROM PRISON in 561 B.C. gives the reader some hope that there is still a future for the Davidic line. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.... [ Continue Reading ]