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Verse Jeremiah 39:4. _WENT FORTH OUT OF THE CITY BY NIGHT_] Probably
there was a _private passage under ground_, leading without the walls,
by which Zedekiah and his followers might escape unperceived...
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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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THE PLAIN. To avoid the Jordan....
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BY THE GATE BETWIXT THE TWO WALLS— That is, betwixt the wall and the
outworks, or betwixt the old wall of the city and the new one which
was built by Hezekiah. See 2 Chronicles 32:5 and Ezekiel 12:4;...
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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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And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them,
and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city
by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwi...
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39:4 plain. (a-54) The _ Arabah_ . Joshua 3:16 ....
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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 WAY OF THE PLAIN] so as to escape to the eastern bank of Jordan....
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WHEN ZEDEKIAH THE KING OF JUDAH SAW THEM... — The hasty flight is
narrated again in Jeremiah 52:7. The gate between the two walls was
one apparently that opened from the park-like garden of the palace...
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וַ יְהִ֡י כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֠אָם
צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ מֶ
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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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And it came to pass, when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all
the men of war, then they fled, and went out of the city by night, by
the way of the king's garden, by the (b) gate between the t...
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_Walls. This gate had not yet been seized, (Calmet) leading to
Jericho, ver. 5. (Haydock) (Ezechiel xii. 4.) --- Roman Septuagint
passes over the next 12 verses, which seem to be taken from 4 Kings
xx...
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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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he then adds, _After Zedekiah saw them, etc_. ; not that he came to
that part, but after he understood that that part of the city was
occupied by the enemies; for matters then had come to an extremity...
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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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AND IT CAME TO PASS, [THAT] WHEN ZEDEKIAH THE KING OF JUDAH SAW THEM,
AND ALL THE MEN OF WAR,.... That is, when Zedekiah and his soldiers
saw the princes and generals of the Chaldean army enter the ci...
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And it came to pass, [that] when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them,
and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city
by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betw...
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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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JERUSALEM TAKEN...
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And it came to pass that, when Zedekiah, the king of Judah, saw them,
and all the men of war, that is, when Zedekiah and his soldiers noted
the pomp and the warlike appearance of the Chaldean generals...
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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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It should seem that the city was taken by a surprise; the Chaldeans
battering the walls incessantly with their rams and engines of war, on
a sudden made such a breach as gave them a liberty to enter i...
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Jeremiah 39:4 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 Judah H3063 men H582 war H4421
saw H7200 (H8804) fled H1272 ...
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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 39:4 ZEDEKIAH now learns that Jeremiah was
God’s true prophet. KING’S GARDEN. Most likely on the south side
of Jerusalem. ARABAH. A region extending from the Jor
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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 32:5; 2 Kings 25:4; Amos 2:14; Deuteronomy 28:25;...