An eunuch ... men of war - Or, who had charge of men of war. The King James Version makes him commander-in-chief; he was second in command, i. e., a lieutenant, possibly one among many others of equal rank.
Verse Jeremiah 52:25. _SEVEN MEN - THAT WERE NEAR THE KING'S PERSON_] These were privy counsellors....
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...
SEVEN. In 2 Kings 25:19 "five"; but the greater includes the lesser....
_seven men_ in 2 Kings (Jeremiah 25:19) _five_men. _saw the king's face_ were near his person as privileged members of the court. So in Esther 1:14. Cp. 2 Samuel 3:13; 2Sa 14:24;...
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....
Omitted in ch. 39, but cp. with it 2 Kings 25:18-21....
AN EUNUCH— _An officer._ So it is read in the parallel places....
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...
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the h...
52:25 captain (f-40) Or 'scribe-in-chief.'...
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....
THE PRINCIPAL SCRIBE OF THE HOST] RV 'the scribe of the captain of the host.' 28-30. This passage seems to have been taken by the compiler from a separate document. For SEVENTH we should probably read...
AN EUNUCH, WHICH HAD THE CHARGE OF THE MEN OF WAR. — Omit the article before “charge.” The Hebrew term (_Pakid_) conveys the meaning of “deputy,” a superintendent under a chief commander. The officer...
וּ מִן ־הָ עִ֡יר לָקַח֩ סָרִ֨יס אֶחָ֜ד
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...
He took also out of the city an eunuch, who had the charge of the men of war; and (l) seven men of them that were near the king's person, who were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the ho...
_Seven: 4 Kings has five. But this seems more correct, as seven were commonly employed, Esther i. 10., and Tobias xii. 15. (Calmet) --- Two might be taken later. (Haydock) --- A scribe. St. Jerome has...
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...
HE TOOK ALSO OUT OF THE CITY AN EUNUCH, WHICH HAD THE CHARGE OF THE MEN OF WAR,.... The master-master-general of the army: AND SEVEN MEN OF THEM WHICH WERE NEAR THE KING'S PERSON WHICH WERE FOUND IN...
_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;...
DISPOSITION OF THE SPOIL AND OF THE CAPTIVES...
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war, the commander of the city forces, AND SEVEN MEN OF THEM THAT WERE NEAR THE KING'S PERSON, of the king's intimate counsel...
WERE NEAR THE KINGS PERSON: _ Heb._ saw the face of the king PRINCIPAL SCRIBE: Or, scribe of the captain of the host...
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 2 KINGS 25:19; only there is mention out of _five men_, here there is mention of seven, but probably two of them were of less note....
Jeremiah 52:25 took H3947 (H8804) city H5892 an H259 officer H5631 charge H6496 men H582 war H4421 seven...
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...
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...
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 52:25 Nebuzaradan also exiled several civic leaders. SIXTY MEN OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND. Most likely leaders of various parts of Judah who took refuge in Jerusalem during th...
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,...
2 Kings 25:19; Esther 1:14; Matthew 18:10...