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Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two
accounts are slight....
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CHAPTER 39
_ 1. The fall of Jerusalem and the fate of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 39:1) _
2. Nebuchadnezzar's kindness to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 39:10)
3. Ebed-melech's reward (Jeremiah 39:15)...
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THE FALL OF JERUSALEM: JEREMIAH SPARED. This paragraph well
illustrates the growth of the OT text; _cf._ 2 Kings 25:1 (also
reproduced in Jeremiah 52:4, from which Jeremiah 39:1 f. and...
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BEFORE HIS EYES.. specimen of the inhumanity of those days....
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See introd. note and summary to ch....
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B. The Capture of the King Jeremiah 39:4-10
TRANSLATION
(4) And it came to pass when Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all the men
of war saw them, they fled by going out at night from the city by way
of...
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Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before
his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
SLEW THE SONS OF ZEDEKIAH IN RIBLAH BEFORE HIS EYES - previous t...
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THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM (11TH YEAR OF ZEDEKIAH)
The narrative in this c., with some varieties in detail, coincides
with that of Jeremiah 52 and with 2 Kings 25.
1-7. The city taken. Zedekiah's fate...
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THE SONS OF ZEDEKIAH. — The history of Eastern monarchies presents
us with many examples of this refinement of cruelty, notably in the
case of (Eobazus under Darius (Herod. Iv. 84), and Pythius under...
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וַ יִּשְׁחַט֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ בָּבֶ֜ל אֶת
־בְּנֵ֧י צִ
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CHAPTER XIII
GEDALIAH
Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1
"Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
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This chapter records the fall of Jerusalem. After a long siege lasting
from the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign until the
fourth month of the eleventh year, at last "a breach was mad...
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What a sad business Zedekiah had made of it; and what a grievous
calamity followed! Zedekiah was but in the prime of life when these
things took place. And here he felt the awful consequence of reject...
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It is probable that Nebuchadnezzar continued in that pleasant city
while Jerusalem was attacked, for he would not endure the weariness of
a long siege, and he also wished to be far away from danger. I...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44.
After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history
of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were
no...
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THEN THE KING OF BABYLON SLEW THE SONS OF ZEDEKIAH IN RIBLAH BEFORE
HIS EYES,.... Not with his own hands, but gave orders to do it: these
must be very young, at least some of them; since Zedekiah at t...
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Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before
his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
Ver. 6. See on 2 Kings 25:6,7 ....
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_They fled by the gate betwixt the two walls_ Betwixt the wall and the
outworks, or betwixt the old wall of the city and the new one which
Hezekiah built, of which mention is made 2 Chronicles 32:5. S...
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1-10 Jerusalem was so strong, that the inhabitants believed the enemy
could never enter it. But sin provoked God to withdraw his protection,
and then it was as weak as other cities. Zedekiah had his...
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Thus the stubbornness of this prince and his nobles proved the ruin of
his family, and of themselves, and of the whole people. The nobles
were great authors of this mischief, and brought Zedekiah into...
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Jeremiah 39:6 king H4428 Babylon H894 killed H7819 (H8799) sons H1121
Zedekiah H6667 eyes H5869 Riblah H7247 king...
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CONTENTS: Final captivity of Judah in accordance with the prophets.
CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo,
Sar-sechim, Rab-saris, Rab-mag, Nebuzaradan, Jeremiah, Nebushas...
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Jeremiah 39:1. _In the ninth year of Zedekiah they besieged
Jerusalem._ On the very day that God revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon
the taking of the city. This would reconcile the captives to their
lot,...
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_In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon._
THE DOWNFALL OF JUDAH
The siege and sacking of Jerusalem under Nebuchadrezzar is the most
tragi...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:6 Nebuchadnezzar was harsher than
ZEDEKIAH feared his countrymen would be (Jeremiah 38:19)....
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—_Cf_.
notes _in loc_. chap. 34. The siege lasted just one year and six
months, not reckoning the interval during which the Chaldeans broke...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is very confused as it stands. To restore order it is
absolutely necessary to suppose that some passages (viz. Jeremiah
39:1, Jeremiah 39:2, and Jeremiah 39:4) have been insert...
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Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month,
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against
Jerusalem, and began their siege. And in the eleventh year of
Zedekiah...
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2 Chronicles 34:28; 2 Kings 22:20; 2 Kings 25:7; Deuteronomy 28:34;...