Zedekiah — It is generally thought that this chapter was not penned by Jeremiah, who, it is not probable, would have so largely repeated what he had related before; and could not historically relate what happened after his time, as some things did which are mentioned towards the end of the chapter.... [ Continue Reading ]
Three — It is probable there were more keepers of the door, but the captain of the guard took only three of the chief.... [ Continue Reading ]
All the persons were four thousand and six hundred — How amazingly were the Jews diminished, that this handful was all who were carried captive!... [ Continue Reading ]
All the days of his life — Here ends the history of the kingdom of Judah. I shall only observe the severe judgment of God upon this people, whose kingdom was made up of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and half the tribe of Manasseh. In the numbering of the persons belonging to these two tribes... [ Continue Reading ]