Verse Jeremiah 52:32. Spake kindly] Conversed freely with him.
Set his throne] Gave him a more respectable seat than any of the captive princes, or better than even his own princes had, probably near his person.
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...
KINDLY UNTO HIM. good things with him....
Last notice of Jehoiachin 31 34. Found with slight variations in 2 Kings 25:27-30....
_set his throne above_ in general, _paid him more honour_. _the kings_ Captured kings were kept at the court of their conqueror to perpetuate the memory of his triumph as well as for security against...
AND SET HIS THRONE ABOVE THE THRONE OF THE KINGS, &C.— _And set his seat above the seat of the kings._ This may easily be understood to signify, that the king of Babylon shewed him more respect and ho...
C. The Release of Jehoiachin Jeremiah 52:31-34 TRANSLATION (31) And it came to pass in the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin, king of Jud...
And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, SET HIS THRONE ABOVE THE THRONE OF THE KINGS THAT WERE WITH HIM IN BABYLON - a mark of re...
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 KINGS] captives kept at his court to commemorate his conquests....
וַ יְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתֹּ֖ו טֹבֹ֑ות וַ יִּתֵּן֙ אֶת
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...
_Kings, who had been conquered, and kept at court for parade. (Calmet)_...
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...
AND SPAKE KINDLY UNTO HIM,.... Used him with great familiarity, treated him with great respect: or, "spake good things to him" s; comforted him in his captive state, and promised him many favours; and...
_In the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin_, &c. This note of time confirms the observation formerly made, namely, that the Scripture computation of the beginning of Nebuchadnezza...
and spake kindly unto him and set his throne above the throne of the king's that were with him in Babylon, captive monarchs of other conquered nations,...
DISPOSITION OF THE SPOIL AND OF THE CAPTIVES...
KINDLY UNTO HIM: _ Heb._ good things with him...
31-34 See this history of king Jehoiachin in 2 Kings 25:27-12. Those under oppression will find it is not in vain for them to hope and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. Our times are in...
The king of Babylon might have other kings his prisoners, his father having been so great a conqueror, or he might have other kings his subjects, that might reside at his court; and either out of a pa...
Jeremiah 52:32 spoke H1696 (H8762) kindly H2896 gave H5414 (H8799) prominent H4605 seat H3678 those H3678 kings
THE RESTORATION OF JEHOIACHIN TO A POSITION OF HONOUR (JEREMIAH 52:31). When Nebuchadrezzar crushed the rebellion of Jehoiakim in 597 BC, with Jehoiachin coming to the throne as the Davidic king while...
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...
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...
_Lifted up the head of Jehoiachin._ JEHOIACHIN’S CHANGE OF FORTUNE What changes may occur in life: who can tell what we may come to? After thirty-seven years there arose a king who took a fancy to Je...
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 52:32 Whatever Evil-merodach’s motives, JEHOIACHIN was treated well AS LONG AS HE LIVED. David’s descendants, like the rest of the people, waited in exile for the 70 years to...
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,...
Daniel 2:37; Daniel 5:18; Daniel 5:19; Jeremiah 27:6; Proverbs 12:25