_Zedekiah was one and twenty years old_ The first three verses of this chapter are word for word the same with 2 Kings 24:18, where see the notes; and for the six following verses, see those on 2 Kings 25:1. _Where he gave judgment upon him_ Namely, for rebelling against him when he had taken an oat... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now in the fifth month_ This gave occasion to that solemn fast of the fifth month, observed in the times of the captivity: see Zechariah 7:3; Zechariah 8:19. _In the tenth day of the month_ In the parallel place, 2 Kings 25:8, we read, _on the seventh day._ This difference some attempt to reconcile... [ Continue Reading ]
_Also the pillars of brass, &c., the Chaldeans brake_ See note on 2 Kings 25:13. The temple was rifled of its riches and furniture at several times. The first was when Nebuchadnezzar came up against Jehoiakim, Daniel 1:2. The second time was at the captivity of Jechoniah, Jeremiah 27:19; 2 Kings 24:... [ Continue Reading ]
Jeremiah 52:21. _The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits_ The same account is given of the height of these pillars, 1 Kings 7:15: but in 2 Chronicles 3:15, it is said, that both the pillars made thirty-five cubits; which two texts may be easily reconciled by allowing one cubit for the basis. _A... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest_ 1 Chronicles 6:14, he was the father of Ezra; Ezra 7:1. _And Zephaniah the second priest_ See note on Jeremiah 29:26; 2 Kings 25:18. _And the three keepers of the door_ These were not the ordinary porters, who were taken from among the Lev... [ Continue Reading ]
_This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive_ “These verses are not inserted in 2 Kings 25. Nor are they to be found here, according to the Roman and Alexandrian editions of the LXX.; but in the Complutensian they are, and in two MSS. collated by Dr. Grabe; also in Theodotion's versi... [ Continue Reading ]
_In the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin_, &c. This note of time confirms the observation formerly made, namely, that the Scripture computation of the beginning of Nebuchadnezzar's reign anticipates that of the Babylonians by two years, which two years he reigned with his fath... [ Continue Reading ]
_And changed his prison garments_ This has been considered by some an act of generosity in Evil-merodach, giving the captive king new garments, more suitable to his royal dignity than those he wore in prison. But Blaney thinks “it was rather the act of Jehoiachin himself, who, out of respect to the... [ Continue Reading ]