_Sedecias. This is purely historical, taken from 4 Kings xxiv. 18., &c. Many doubt with reason the Jeremias inserted it, as he could not well be alive at the time when Joakim was honoured, ver. 31. If he had written both this and the Book of Kings, the variations which we here discover would not be... [ Continue Reading ]
_Revolted, breaking his oath, which greatly offended God._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tenth: 4 Kings seventh, on which day Nabuzardan set out from Reblatha, according to some. But it was above sixty leagues, or hours journey, distant. (Calmet) --- He entered the city on the 7th, and put his orders in execution on the 10th. (Usher) --- Nothing of the king's imprisonment, or of the ci... [ Continue Reading ]
_Poor. He took those of the city, and left the poor of the country, ver. 16. (Calmet) --- Alexandrian Septuagint omits this verse, which Grabe inserts: 16. "And the rest of the people, the chief cook or general, left for," &c. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Under the sea the bases, (Haydock) or bowls, which, &c._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hundred; four next the wall were not seen, or were fixed to the chaptrels._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Second in dignity to the high priest, a chief officer of the temple._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Seven: 4 Kings has five. But this seems more correct, as seven were commonly employed, Esther i. 10., and Tobias xii. 15. (Calmet) --- Two might be taken later. (Haydock) --- A scribe. St. Jerome has Sopher, (4 Kings) as if it were a proper name, and not an office._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Seventh year of Nabuchodonosor, and last of Joakim, 4 Kings. Roman Septuagint omits this and the next verse, which are found in Theodoret and the Complutensian edition. (Calmet) --- Grabe supplies all from, And Juda, ver 27, to 31. (Haydock) --- Zuinglius observes that the Septuagint have not a fra... [ Continue Reading ]
_Joachin. He had been thrown into prison when 18 years old, and continued there 37 years. It is not probable that Jeremias wrote this. Evilmerodach had also been the same in prison. --- Five: 4 Kings has seven. Probably Nabuchodonosor died on the 25th, and his son then resolved to liberate Joachin;... [ Continue Reading ]
_Kings, who had been conquered, and kept at court for parade. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER LII.... [ Continue Reading ]