
Text -- 2 Kings 25:19 (NET)




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JFB -> 2Ki 25:19
JFB: 2Ki 25:19 - -- That is, who belonged to the royal retinue. It is probable that there were five at first, and that other two were found afterwards (Jer 52:25).
That is, who belonged to the royal retinue. It is probable that there were five at first, and that other two were found afterwards (Jer 52:25).
Clarke -> 2Ki 25:19
Clarke: 2Ki 25:19 - -- And five men of them that were in the king’ s presence - These were principal counselors, and confidential officers
In Jer 52:25, it is said he...
And five men of them that were in the king’ s presence - These were principal counselors, and confidential officers
In Jer 52:25, it is said he took seven men who were near the king’ s person, and the same number is found in the Arabic in this place; and the Chaldee has no less than fifty men; but in Jeremiah this, as well as all the rest of the versions, reads seven. Probably they were no more than five at first, or, perhaps Jeremiah reckoned with the five the officer that was set over the men of war, and the principal scribe of the host mentioned here, as two with the five; and thus made seven in the whole.
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Barnes -> 2Ki 25:19
Barnes: 2Ki 25:19 - -- Out of the city - This clause shows that the five persons mentioned in 2Ki 25:18 were taken out of the temple. Five men - Or, "seven men,...
Out of the city - This clause shows that the five persons mentioned in 2Ki 25:18 were taken out of the temple.
Five men - Or, "seven men,"according to Jer 52:25. It is impossible to say which of the two numbers is correct.
Of them that were in the king’ s presence - See the margin. A mode of speech arising from the custom of Eastern rulers to withdraw themselves as much as possible from the view of their subjects.
Poole -> 2Ki 25:19
Poole: 2Ki 25:19 - -- Of them that were in the king’ s presence i.e. of them who constantly attended upon the king’ s person: see 1Ki 10:8 Est 1:14 .
Object. ...
Of them that were in the king’ s presence i.e. of them who constantly attended upon the king’ s person: see 1Ki 10:8 Est 1:14 .
Object. These were seven , Jer 52:25 .
Answ Either five were first taken, and two after them; or two of the seven were of an inferior rank, who therefore are here omitted.
Threescore men of the people of the land who had been most forward or active in the rebellion.
Haydock -> 2Ki 25:19
Haydock: 2Ki 25:19 - -- Eunuch. Protestants, "officer." (Haydock) ---
Five. Arabic and Jeremias lii. 25., read seven, as two were probably discovered afterwards, (Cal...
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. ---
Sopher. Septuagint, "and the secretary of the general." Syriac, "the secretary and chiefs of the armies." (Calmet) ---
Protestants, "the principal scribe." (Haydock) ---
It is not clear whether the general have this title of sopher, "scribe," himself; or it rather designates his secretary, or scribe, Judges viii. 14. (Calmet) ---
Many date the 70 years captivity from the last year of Joachin. (Du Hamel)
Gill -> 2Ki 25:18-21
Gill: 2Ki 25:18-21 - -- And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,.... The sagan, or deputy priest, who officiated for the h...
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,.... The sagan, or deputy priest, who officiated for the high priest, when by any means he was rendered unfit and incapable; so Joseph, the son of Ellem, as Josephus x relates, officiated for Matthias, when defiled with a nocturnal pollution; and seven days before the day of atonement they always substituted one under the high priest, lest anything of this kind should happen to him y. From hence, to the end of 2Ki 25:21 the account is the same as in Jer 52:25, only here in 2Ki 25:19 it is said, that five men that were in the king's presence were taken, there seven men; to account for which; see Gill on Jer 52:25.

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TSK Synopsis -> 2Ki 25:1-30
TSK Synopsis: 2Ki 25:1-30 - --1 Jerusalem is besieged.4 Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out.8 Nebuzar-adan defaces the city, carries the remnant, except a few poor lab...
MHCC -> 2Ki 25:8-21
MHCC: 2Ki 25:8-21 - --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 ...
Matthew Henry -> 2Ki 25:8-21
Matthew Henry: 2Ki 25:8-21 - -- Though we have reason to think that the army of the Chaldeans were much enraged against the city for holding out with so much stubbornness, yet they...
Keil-Delitzsch -> 2Ki 25:8-21
Keil-Delitzsch: 2Ki 25:8-21 - --
Destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. The people carried away to Babel (cf. Jer 52:12-27, and Jer 39:8-10). - In this section we have first a ge...
Constable -> 2Ki 18:1--25:30; 2Ki 25:8-30
Constable: 2Ki 18:1--25:30 - --III. THE SURVIVING KINGDOM chs. 18--25
In this third major section of 1 and 2 Kings the writer showed that the c...
