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Verse 2 Kings 25:19. _AND FIVE MEN OF THEM THAT WERE IN THE KING'S
PRESENCE_] These were principal counsellors, and confidential
officers.
In Jeremiah 52:25, it is said he took _seven_ men who were...
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OUT OF THE CITY - This clause shows that the five persons mentioned in
2 Kings 25:18 were taken out of the temple.
FIVE MEN - Or, “seven men,” according to Jeremiah 52:25. It is
impossible to say whi...
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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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PRINCIPAL SCRIBE. scribe of the captain of the host....
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_five men of them that were in the king's presence_ R.V. THAT SAW THE
KING'S FACE. For the expression, cf. Esther 1:14. The officer over the
men of war, and the five persons admitted to closest intima...
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VII. THE AFTERMATH OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM 25:18-30
Chapter 25 closes with a series of notices which are somewhat in the
nature of an appendix. The author speaks here of (1) the execution of
certain...
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_AND OUT OF THE CITY HE TOOK AN OFFICER THAT WAS SET OVER THE MEN OF
WAR, AND FIVE MEN OF THEM THAT WERE IN THE KING'S PRESENCE, WHICH WERE
FOUND IN THE CITY, AND THE PRINCIPAL SCRIBE OF THE HOST, WHI...
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25:19 chamberlain (g-9) Or 'eunuch.' captain (h-40) Or
'scribe-in-chief.'...
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THAT.. PRESENCE] i.e. those of the king's ministers who enjoyed
freedom of access to him. THE PRINCIPAL SCRIBE, etc.] RM 'the scribe
of the captain of the host': i.e. the official who superintended th...
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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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List of the chief personages taken by Nebu-zaradan in the Temple and
the city of David. This notice may be regarded as an indirect proof
that the upper city was not captured before....
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THE CITY. — Thenius is probably right in explaining _the city of
David._
AN OFFICER THAT WAS SET OVER THE MEN OF WAR — _i.e.,_ a royal
officer commanding the garrison of the city of David. He was prob...
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וּ מִן ־הָ עִ֡יר לָקַח֩ סָרִ֨יס אֶחָ֜ד
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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 TEMPLE DESPOILED
2 Kings 25:13
The Temple, after 420 years of varying fortune, was burned to the
ground, and the remainder of its treasures carried off. A few years
after, Nebuchadnezzar set up a...
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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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And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of
war, and (k) five men of them that were in the king's presence, which
were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host,...
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Eunuch. Protestants, "officer." (Haydock) --- Five. Arabic and
Jeremias lii. 25., read seven, as two were probably discovered
afterwards, (Calmet) or had fled. (Du Hamel) --- These were chief
officers...
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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 25:18...
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And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of
war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were
found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, whic...
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_The captain of the guard took Seraiah, the chief priest_ The
high-priest, grandson of that Hilkiah mentioned 2 Kings 22:4, and
father of Jehosadak, who, it seems, was taken with his father; and
when...
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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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JUDAH CARRIED INTO CAPTIVITY...
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And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of
war, the commander of the city, AND FIVE MEN OF THEM THAT WERE IN THE
KING'S PRESENCE, WHICH WERE FOUND IN THE CITY, of the king's i...
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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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OFFICER:
Or, Eunuch
WERE IN THE KINGS PRESENCE:
_ Heb._ saw the kings face
PRINCIPLE SCRIBE OF THE HOST:
Or, scribes of the captain of the host...
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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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OF THEM THAT WERE IN THE KING'S PRESENCE, i.e. of them who constantly
attended upon the king's person: see 1 KINGS 10:8 ESTHER 1:14. OBJECT.
These were _seven_, JEREMIAH 52:25. ANSW. Either five were
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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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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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Esther 1:14...