Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
2 Kings 25:13
The pillars of brass, &c., did the Chaldees break in pieces Because they were too cumbersome to be carried away whole. And carried the brass of them to Babylon As was foretold Jeremiah 27:21.
The pillars of brass, &c., did the Chaldees break in pieces Because they were too cumbersome to be carried away whole. And carried the brass of them to Babylon As was foretold Jeremiah 27:21.
THE PILLARS OF BRASS ... - All the more precious treasures had been already removed from the temple 2 Kings 24:13. But there still remained many things, the list of which is given in Jeremiah 52:17 mu...
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
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....
_and the pillars of brass_ These were the pillars, Jachin and Boaz, the two masterpieces of Hiram mentioned in 1 Kings 7:15. Their position was not within the house, but in the porch (see 1 Kings 7:21...
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...
_AND THE PILLARS OF BRASS THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND THE BASES, AND THE BRASEN SEA THAT WAS IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, DID THE CHALDEES BREAK IN PIECES, AND CARRIED THE BRASS OF THEM TO BA...
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....
THE PILLARS OF BRASS, etc.] see 1 Kings 7:15.; Jeremiah 52:17, where some of the details are given differently....
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...
AND THE PILLARS OF BRASS. — From this point Jeremiah 39 ceases to be parallel with the present narrative. (See the Notes on 1 Kings 7:15 _seq.,_ for the objects enumerated in this and the following ve...
וְ אֶת ־עַמּוּדֵ֨י הַ נְּחֹ֜שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֵּי
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ver. 13-17. AND THE PILLARS OF BRASS THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,.... The two pillars in the temple, Jachin and Boaz. Benjamin of Tudela says w, that in the church of St. Stephen in Rome these...
And the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to...
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...
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, the two conspicuous hollow columns, 1 Kings 7:15, AND THE BASES, 1 Kings 7:22, of which Ahaz had removed the borders, 2 Kings 16:17, and th...
JUDAH CARRIED INTO CAPTIVITY...
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...
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...
THE PILLARS OF BRASS; the carriage whereof to Babylon was foretold, JEREMIAH 27:19,22....
2 Kings 25:13 bronze H5178 pillars H5982 house H1004 LORD H3068 carts H4350 bronze H5178 Sea H3220 house H1004 LO
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 25:1 THE LAST SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. THE JEWS LED INTO CAPTIVITY. HISTORY OF THE REMNANT LEFT
1 Kings 7:15; 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Kings 7:27; 2 Chronicles 36:18;...