NEBUCHADNEZZAR. Or, Nebuchadrezzar (Jeremiah 21:2; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 22:25), or Nebuchadonosor in Josephus and Berosus, Septuagint, and Vulgate. This is the first occurrence of his name in Scripture. CAME UP. In the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 25:1; Jeremiah 46:2). Daniel says in third... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. BANDS. marauding bands. CHILDREN. sons. BY. through. Hebrew by the hand of "Hand" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for what is effected by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDMENT. Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is spoken by it. ACCORDING TO ALL.. special reading called _Sevir_ (App-34) reads "in all". So some codices.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLOOD. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), for murder, and the guilt of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST. See 2 Chronicles 36:6. ARE THEY NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. Only the fact referred to here. Not the _manner_ of his death and burial, for which see Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 22:19; Jeremiah 36:29; Jeremiah 36:30 It was as foretold. The expression "slept with his fathers" is used even of Ahab; and every king of Judah whose _death_ is re... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOIACHIN. Called also Coniah and Jeconiah (Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 24:1). EIGHTEEN. This was his age. In 2 Chronicles 36:9 he is said to be eight. See note there. THREE MONTHS. Is put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), for three months and ten days. Compare 2 Chronicles 36:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SERVANTS OF. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint and Syriac, omit these words, and read "came up".... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) 2Kings 11-16 to emphasize every detail. DID BESIEGE. were besieging.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFICERS: i.e. eunuchs or chamberlains. THE EIGHTH YEAR. Computed from the time that his father entrusted him with regal authority. This was the 4th year of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 25:1, Compare 2Ki 32:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. HAD SAID. Compare 2 Kings 20:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
CARRIED AWAY. This deportation was eleven years before that of Zedekiah (2 Kings 25:18). Mordecai was in this deportation. See note on 2 Chronicles 36:6. The Captivity begun in 489. CRAFTSMEN. artificers. THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND. Compare 2 Kings 23:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOIACHIN TO BABYLON. Where he was captive for thirty-seven years. THE MIGHTY OF THE LAND. Princes and potentates, priests and prophets (Jeremiah 29:1). Among them Ezekiel (2 Kings 1:12), Daniel, and Nehemiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. SMITHS. armourers.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHANGED HIS NAME. See note on 2 Kings 23:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAMUTAL. Therefore only half-brother to Jehoiakim, but full brother to Jehoahaz.... [ Continue Reading ]
DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL. See 2 Chronicles 36:12; Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 37:2; Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 38:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
REBELLED. Though bound by oath (2 Chronicles 36:13.Ezekiel 17:13; Ezekiel 17:13).... [ Continue Reading ]