2 Kings 25:1-15
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.]
fifth month <02320 02549> [in the fifth month.]
This answered to Wednesday, August 24; and three days after he reduced the temple to ashes, and carried Judah captive; in the 11th year of Zedekiah; the 19th of Nebuchadnezzar; 424 years, 3 months, and 8 days from the foundation of the temple; 468 years from the beginning of the reign of David; 388 years from the division of the ten tribes; and 134 years from their captivity.
nineteenth <08672> [the nineteenth.]
Nebuzaradan <05018> [Nebuzar-adan.]
captain <07227> [captain. or, chief marshal.]
burned down .............. including <08313> [he burnt.]
royal <04428> [the king's.]
tore <05422> [brake.]
rest ...................... rest <03499> [the rest.]
deserted <05307> [fugitives. Heb. fallen away.]
left behind ..... poor <07604 01803> [left of the poor.]
Babylonians ..... bronze pillars .... Lord's temple ...... movable stands ..... bronze .......... bronze <05982 01004 03068 04350 05178 03778> [the.]
pillars <05982> [pillars.]
movable stands <04350> [bases.]
pots <05518> [the pots.]
golden <02091> [and such things.]
