2 Kings 23:30-34
servants <05650> [servants.]
people <05971> [the people.]
Jehoahaz <03059> [Jehoahaz.]
[Shallum. Hamutal.]
imprisoned <0631> [put him.]
Riblah <07247> [Riblah.]
Theodoret (in Jer ch. 46,) expressly affirms that Riblah or Reblatha was in his time called Emesa. [Kome de estin he Reblatha tes nun kaloumenes Emeses.] Emesa was a city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and, according to the Antonine Itinerary, 18 miles from Laodicea ad Libanum. It is now called Homs, or Hems, about eight hours, or twenty-four miles S.E. of Hamah or Hamath, in the road to Damascus. The present town only occupies about one quarter of the space contained within the ancient walls, which apparently date from the time of the Saracens. Here is nothing remarkable, except a Roman sepulchre, and a large castle in ruins.
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
ruling <04427> [that he might not reign. or, because he reigned. put, etc.]
Heb. set a mulct upon the land.
Eliakim <0471> [Eliakim.]
son <01121> [the son.]
changed <05437> [turned.]
Jehoiakim <03079> [Jehoiakim.]
"Called Jakim, Mt 1:11."
<0935> [he came.]
2 Kings 24:12-13
Jehoiachin <03078> [Jehoiachin.]
eunuchs <05631> [officers. or, eunuchs. took him.]
[eigth year.]
"Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year."
<03318> [he carried.]
removed <07112> [and cut.]
Solomon <08010> [which Solomon.]
2 Kings 25:6-7
captured <08610> [they took.]
Riblah <07247> [Riblah.]
sentence <04941 01696> [gave judgment upon him. Heb. spake judgment with him.]
executed <07819> [they slew.]
put out <05786> [and put out. Heb. and made blind.]
Thus were fulfilled the apparently contradictory prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekiel--that his eyes should see the king of Babylon, but Babylon he should not see, though he should die there.
bound .... bronze <0631 05178> [bound him.]
2 Kings 25:19-21
eunuch <05631> [officer. or, eunuch. were in the king's presence. Heb. saw the king's face.]
official <08269> [principal. or, scribe of the captain of the host.]
<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.]
Isaiah 39:7
descendants <01121> [of thy sons.]
eunuchs <05631> [they shall be. Fulfilled.]
Jeremiah 22:11-19
Shallum <07967> [Shallum.]
[Jehoahaz.]
builds <01129> [unto.]
builds <01129> [buildeth.]
build <01129> [I will.]
spacious <07304> [large. Heb. through-aired. windows, or, my windows. ceiled with cedar.]
father <01> [thy.]
food <0398> [eat.]
did <06213> [and do.]
well <02896> [then.]
upheld <01777> [judged.]
know <01847> [was not.]
eyes <05869> [thine eyes.]
dishonest <01215> [covetousness.]
<08210> [to shed.]
fraud <04835> [violence. or, incursion.]
mourn .................... mourn <05594> [They.]
sad ... brother ..... sad <0251 01945> [Ah my brother.]
Jeremiah 22:24-30
Jeconiah <03659> [Coniah.]
[Jehoiachin.]
[Jeconiah.]
earthly representative <02368> [the signet.]
I will <05414> [I.]
<06440> [whose.]
land <0776> [to the.]
<05375> [desire. Heb. lift up their mind.]
man .................. vessel ..... wants <0376 03627 02656> [Is.]
This appears to be the application of the whole discourse to Zedekiah; for it is to be observed, that Jeconiah is spoken of as absent, and already in captivity. Now if he and his seed had been for their sins thrown aside as a broken idol, or as a vessel which a man despises, how could Zedekiah, who copied and far exceeded them, expect to prosper on the throne of David?
Jeconiah <03659> [Coniah.]
threw away <0959> [a despised.]
children <02233> [his seed.]
know <03045> [which.]
Enroll <03789> [Write.]
Zedekiah was taken prisoner by Nebuchadnezzar; his sons slain before his eyes; and his eyes being put out, he was carried to Babylon; and we read no more either of him or his posterity.
occupying <03427> [sitting.]
Jeremiah 39:6-7
sons put to death ................... put to death <07819 01121> [slew the.]
forced to watch <05869> [before.]
put to death ................ nobles .... put to death <07819 02715> [slew all.]
put out <05786> [he put.]
chains <05178> [chains. Heb. two brasen chains, or fetters.]
