2 Kings 24:13-17
<03318> [he carried.]
removed <07112> [and cut.]
Solomon <08010> [which Solomon.]
Jerusalem ..... officials ..... soldiers .......... craftsmen <03389 08269 01368 02796> [all.]
That is, all the chief men, the nobles, and the artificers. Among these were 7,000 mighty men, and 1,000 craftsmen and smiths.
Jerusalem <03389> [Jerusalem.]
craftsmen <02796> [craftsmen. So]
poorest <01803> [the poorest sort.]
deported <01540> [he carried.]
eunuchs <05631> [officers. or, eunuchs.]
7,000 ..... 1,000 <0505 07651> [seven thousand.]
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.
