2 Kings 24:20--25:7
anger <0639> [through.]
Zedekiah <06667> [Zedekiah.]
ninth <08671> [A.M. 3414. B.C. 590. in the ninth.]
This according to the computation of Archbishop Usher, was on Thursday, January 30th, A.M. 3414, which was a sabbatical year; wherein they proclaimed liberty to their servants, according to the law, but soon enthralled them again. (See Jer 34:8-10.)
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> [Nebuchadnezzar.]
[Nebuchadrezzar.]
set up camp <02583> [pitched.]
ninth ...... month <08672 02320> [A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. the ninth day.]
famine <07458> [the famine.]
food <03899> [there was no.]
city ...................................... city <05892> [the city.]
This being the ninth day of the fourth month, corresponded to Wednesday, July 27.
night <03915> [fled.]
<03212> [and the king.]
caught <05381> [and overtook.]
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.]
Jeremiah 52:3-11
<05921> [through.]
Zedekiah <06667> [Zedekiah.]
ninth year <08141 08671> [A.M. 3414. B.C. 590. the ninth year.]
tenth ..... tenth month <06224 02320 06218> [in the tenth month.]
set up camp <02583> [pitched.]
fourth <07243> [A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. the fourth.]
famine <07458> [the famine.]
city ............. city ........................ city <05892> [the city.]
<0582> [all the men.]
captured <08610> [they took.]
Riblah <07247> [Riblah.]
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
put to death ................ put to death <07819> [slew.]
put to death ................ put to death <07819> [he slew.]
Zedekiah's eyes ................. led <05869 06667 05414> [put out the eyes of Zedekiah. Heb. blinded Zedekiah.]
chains <05178> [chains. or, fetters. prison. Heb. house of the wards.]
