_JEHOAHAZ REIGNS THREE MONTHS, AND AFTER HIM JEHOIAKIM ELEVEN YEARS, WHO IS CARRIED CAPTIVE TO BABYLON. HE IS SUCCEEDED BY JEHOIACHIN, WHO REIGNS THREE MONTHS AND TEN DAYS, AND IS SUCCEEDED BY ZEDEKIAH, WHO REBELS AGAINST NEBUCHADNEZZAR. JERUSALEM IS TAKEN; THE TEMPLE PLUNDERED AND BURNT, AND MANY C... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE KING OF EGYPT PUT HIM DOWN AT JERUSALEM— _The king of Egypt removed him, that he might not reign in Jerusalem._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN HIS TEMPLE— _In his palace._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS ABOMINATIONS, &C.— _And the images which he made, and his other performances._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOIACHIN WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD— _Eighteen years old._ Houbigant; after the Syriac and Arabic. See 2 Kings 24:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZEDEKIAH HIS BROTHER— _Zedekiah his uncle._ Houbigant. See 1 Chronicles 3:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTIL THE REIGN OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA— _Until the reign of the king of Persia._ Houbigant. Respecting the proclamation of Cyrus, see the beginning of the next book: Kennicott thinks that the two last verses of this book belong properly to the book of Ezra.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS LONG AS SHE LAY DESOLATE, SHE KEPT SABBATH, &C.— God had commanded them to let their land rest every seventh year; and because the Jews had violated this, as well as other precepts, God gave their land a long _sabbath_ or rest, for no less than ten times seven years, which Jeremiah threatened. If... [ Continue Reading ]