2 Kings 25:1-16

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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.]

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ninth ...... month <08672 02320> [A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. the ninth day.]

famine <07458> [the famine.]

food <03899> [there was no.]

25:4

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.]

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caught <05381> [and overtook.]

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captured <08610> [they took.]

Riblah <07247> [Riblah.]

sentence <04941 01696> [gave judgment upon him. Heb. spake judgment with him.]

25:7

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.]

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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.]

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burned down .............. including <08313> [he burnt.]

royal <04428> [the king's.]

25:10

tore <05422> [brake.]

25:11

rest ...................... rest <03499> [the rest.]

deserted <05307> [fugitives. Heb. fallen away.]

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left behind ..... poor <07604 01803> [left of the poor.]

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Babylonians ..... bronze pillars .... Lord's temple ...... movable stands ..... bronze .......... bronze <05982 01004 03068 04350 05178 03778> [the.]

pillars <05982> [pillars.]

movable stands <04350> [bases.]

25:14

pots <05518> [the pots.]

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golden <02091> [and such things.]

25:16

[one sea. Heb. the one sea. the brass.]