2 Kings 20:18
descendants <01121> [thy sons.]
eunuchs <05631> [they shall be.]
"Fulfilled in Da. 1:3-7."
2 Kings 24:10-11
time <06256> [At that time.]
<0935> [was besieged. Heb. came into siege.]
2 Kings 24:17
king <04428> [the king.]
uncle <01730> [his father's brother.]
He was son of Josiah, brother to Jehoiakim, and uncle of Jehoiachin.
<05437> [changed.]
The change of name was to shew Nebuchadnezzar's supremacy, and that Zedekiah was only his vassal or viceroy. The custom of changing names, we are assured by travellers, still exists in the East.
2 Kings 25:6
captured <08610> [they took.]
Riblah <07247> [Riblah.]
sentence <04941 01696> [gave judgment upon him. Heb. spake judgment with him.]
2 Kings 25:20-21
<03212> [and brought.]
king <04428> [the king.]
These men were put to death as accessories to Zedekiah's rebellion; for the king of Babylon had no doubt found that they had counselled him to revolt.
Judah <03063> [So Judah.]
