2 Kings 25:1-30
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.]
[one sea. Heb. the one sea. the brass.]
pillars ........... one ........................ pillar <05982 0259> [one pillar.]
captain <07227> [captain.]
Seraiah <08304> [Seraiah.]
Zephaniah <06846> [Zephaniah.]
priest ..... priest .... second <03548 04932> [the second priest.]
Called by the Jews, {sagan,} who officiated for the high priest in case of any temporary incapacity.
doorkeepers <05592> [door. Heb. threshold.]
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.]
people <05971> [the people.]
Gedaliah <01436> [Gedaliah.]
Ahikam <0296> [Ahikam.]
officers <08269> [And when.]
Mizpah <04709> [Mizpah.]
There were several places of the name of Mizpah, or Mizpeh, and we do not certainly know which of them this was; but it is probable that it was that situated east of Jordan, in the mountains of Gilead, (Ge 31:49,) and most contiguous to Babylon; and therefore the most proper for the residence of Gedaliah.
oath <07650 0582> [sware to them.]
well <03190> [and it shall be.]
seventh <07637> [seventh.]
Ishmael <03458> [Ishmael.]
royal <04410> [royal. Heb. of the kingdom.]
thirty-seventh ............. twenty-seventh <07651> [A.M. 3442. B.C. 562. it came to pass.]
King ............. King .... Babylon .......... King <04428 0894> [king of Babylon.]
pardoned <07218 05375> [lift up the head.]
kindly ..... gave <02896 05414> [kindly to him. Heb. good things with him. the throne.]
took off <08132> [changed.]
ate <03899 0398> [he did eat bread.]
day <03117 01697> [a daily rate.]
life .... day <03117 02416> [all the days of his life.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE TWO BOOKS OF KINGS. The events detailed in these books are highly interesting and important. The account of the wisdom, magnificence, and extended commerce of Solomon; the rash and impolitic conduct of Rehoboam; the disobedient prophet; the widow of Zarephath; Elijah and the prophets of Baal; Ben-hadad's pride and defeat; Elijah's assumption into heaven; Elisha's succession to his ministry, and the series of illustrious miracles he performed; the panic flight of the Syrians; the history of Ben-hadad and Hazael; and the predicted death of Ahab and Jezebel, and their children, are all pregnant with instruction, and have furnished themes for frequent dissertation. We perceive in these impressive histories the characters and qualities of men painted with the utmost fidelity, and the attributes of God displayed with great effect: we contemplate the exact accomplishment of God's promises and threatenings, the wisdom of his dispensations, and the mingled justice and mercy of his government. The particulars and circumstances are sketched out with a brief and lively description, and the imagination lingers with pleasure in filling up the striking outlines presented to our view. The authenticity of these books is attested by the prophecies they contain, which were subsequently fulfilled; by the citation of our Saviour and his Apostles; by their universal reception by the Jewish and Christian churches; and by the corresponding testimonies of profane authors and ancient sculptures.
Jeremiah 39:1-18
ninth <08671> [A.M. 3414. B.C. 590. the ninth.]
tenth <06224> [the tenth.]
This was the month Tebeth, (Es 2:16,) which began with the first moon of January; and it was on the 10th of this month that Nebuchadnezzar invested the city.
fourth <07243> [A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. the fourth.]
This was the month Tammuz, which commences with the first moon of July: the siege had lasted just eighteen months.
broke <01234> [was.]
other officers <08269 07611> [all the.]
Nergal-Sharezer .......... Nergal-Sharezer <05371> [Nergalsharezer.]
Nebo-Sarsekim <08310> [Sarsechim.]
These were the principal commanders; but Dr. Blayney thinks that, instead of six persons, we have in reality but three, as the name that follows each is the title of the office. Thus Nergal-Sharezer, who was Samgar-nebo, or keeper, i.e., priest of Nebo; Sarsechim, who was Rab-saris, or chief eunuch; and Nergal-sharezer, who was Rab-mag, or chief magi; as the words {mog} in Persian, {magoos} in Arabic, {magooshai} in Syriac, and [magos <\\See definition 3097\\>,] in Greek, signify; and we learn from Justin and Curtius that the magi attended the king in war.
Zedekiah <06667> [when]
walls <02346> [betwixt.]
[Chaldeans'.]
plains <06160> [in the plains.]
Riblah <07247> [Riblah.]
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
sentence <04941 01696> [gave judgment upon him. Heb. spake with him judgments.]
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.]
burned down <08313> [burned.]
tore <05422> [and brake.]
Nebuzaradan <05018> [Nebuzar-adan.]
captain .... royal guard <02876 07227> [captain of the guard. or, chief marshal. Heb. chief of the executioners, or slaughter-men. and so.]
captive .............. carried <01540> [carried.]
left behind .......... poor <07604 01800> [left of.]
time <03117> [at the same time. Heb. in that day.]
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> [Now.]
Nebuchadnezzar must have frequently heard of Jeremiah's predictions, many of which were now fulfilled, which would dispose him to respect his character and treat him with kindness.
orders <06680> [gave.]
through <03027> [to. Heb. by the hand of.]
look ....... do ....... do <05869 06213> [look well to him. Heb. set thine eyes upon him.]
do anything ...... do <06213 03972> [do him.]
Nebuzaradan <05018> [Nebuzar-adan.]
brought ........................ take <03947> [took.]
over <05414> [committed.]
Ahikam <0296> [Ahikam.]
had ......... confined <06113> [while.]
Ebed-Melech <05663> [Ebed-melech.]
carry out <0935> [Behold.]
<06440> [before thee.]
rescue <05337> [I will.]
<06440> [of whom.]
life <05315> [but.]
trust <0982> [because.]
Jeremiah 52:1-34
twenty-one .............. eleven <0259> [A.M. 3406-3416. B.C. 598-588. one.]
[begin to reign. Heb. reigned. Libnah.]
did .......... done <06213> [he did.]
Jehoiakim <03079> [according.]
<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.]
fifth <02549> [fifth.]
tenth <06218> [the tenth.]
It appears from the parallel passage of Kings, that Nebuzar-adan came from Riblah to Jerusalem on the seventh of the fifth month; but it seems that he did not set fire to the temple and city till the tenth day, being probably occupied on the intervening days in taking the vessels out of the house of the Lord, and collecting together all the riches that could be found. In memory of this calamity, the Jews devote two fasts to this day; the seventeenth of the fourth month, which falls in June, for the destruction of Jerusalem, and the ninth of the fifth month, which falls in July, for the destruction of the temple; both of which are mentioned by Zechariah as kept from this event till his time, a period of seventy years, under the names of the fast of the fourth month, and fast of the fifth month.
nineteenth <08672> [the nineteenth.]
captain .... royal guard <07227 02876> [captain of the guard. or, chief marshal. Heb. chief of the executioners, or slaughtermen, and so.]
served <05975> [served. Heb. stood before.]
burned down .............. including <08313> [burned.]
royal <04428> [the king's.]
tore <05422> [brake.]
exile <01540> [carried.]
poor <01803> [certain.]
pillars <05982> [pillars.]
movable stands <04350> [the bases.]
pots <05518> [caldrons.]
shovels <03257> [the shovels. or, instruments to remove the ashes.]
trimming shears <04212> [the snuffers.]
basins <04219> [bowls. or, basons]
pans <03709> [the spoons.]
censers <04289> [fire pans. or, censers.]
lampstands <04501> [and the candlesticks.]
two <08147> [two.]
bronze .......................... bronze <05178> [the brass. Heb. their brass. without.]
pillars <05982> [concerning.]
<02339> [fillet. Heb. thread.]
latticework <07639> [with network.]
pomegranate-shaped ornaments ........... pomegranate-shaped ornaments <07416> [all the.]
captain <07227> [the captain.]
Seraiah <08304> [Seraiah.]
Zephaniah <06846> [Zephaniah.]
doorkeepers <05592> [door. Heb. threshold.]
official <0259 05631> [an eunuch.]
king's advisers <04428 06440 07200> [were near the king's person. Heb. saw the face of the king.]
official army secretary <05608 06635 08269> [principal scribe of the host. or, scribe of the captain of the host.]
king <04428> [the king.]
Riblah <07247> [Riblah.]
Judah <03063> [Thus.]
seventh <07651> [A.M. 3404. B.C. 600. in the.]
eighteenth ... 832 <08083> [A.M. 3415. B.C. 589. the eighteenth.]
people <05315> [persons. Heb. souls.]
carried into exile <01540> [carried.]
thirty-seventh <07651> [A.M. 3442. B.C. 562. it came.]
twelfth <08147> [in the twelfth.]
Nearly answering to our 25th of April, A.M. 3442.
King ...................... King <04428 0894> [king of Babylon.]
<05375> [lifted up.]
This phrase is founded on the observation that those in sorrow hold down their heads; and, when comforted, or the cause of their sorrow removed, they lift up their heads.
kindly ..... gave <02896 05414> [kindly unto him. Heb. good things with him.]
gave <05414> [set.]
Gave him a more respectable seat than any of the captive princes.
took off <08138> [changed.]
Presented him with a caftan, or robe, as a mark of favour, as is still the practice in the East.
daily <08548> [he did.]
daily <08548> [there was.]
day <03117 01697> [every day a portion. Heb. the matter of the day in his day.]
