Evil-merodach] son of Nebuchadnezzar, succeeding to his throne in 561 b.c. It was in the first year of his reign that he manifested to Jehoiachin the leniency here recorded.
Did lift up the head] i.e. showed favour to: cp. Genesis 40:13.
Verse 2 Kings 25:27. _AND IT CAME TO PASS_] Nebuchadnezzar was just now dead; and Evil-merodach, his son, succeeded to the kingdom in the _thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin_: and on...
The captivity of Jehoiachin commenced in the year 597 B.C. - the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar. It terminated 561 B.C. - the first year of Evil-merodach, the son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar. He re...
3. THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM AND JUDAH'S COMPLETE OVERTHROW CHAPTER 25 _ 1. The last siege and complete overthrow (2 Kings 25:1; 2 Chronicles 36:17)_ 2. Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:22) 3. J
JEHOIACHIN RESTORED TO HONOUR. Nebuchadrezzar succeeded his father 605 B.C., and reigned till 562 B.C. The first captivity took place thirty-seven years before Jehoiachin's release, or about 598 B.C....
LIFT UP THE HEAD. Hebrew idiom. show favour to. OUT OF PRISON. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "and brought him forth out of his prison". Compare Jeremiah 52:31....
Jehoiachin king of Judah kindly treated by Evil-merodach king of Babylon (Jeremiah 52:31-34) 27. _the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin_ Thus twenty-six years had elapsed since...
EVIL-MERODACH, KING OF BABYLON— Nebuchadnezzar, the father of Evil-merodach, died in the year of the world 3442, and before Christ 562, after he had reigned from the death of his father, according to...
C. THE RELEASE OF KING JEHOIACHIN 25:27-30 TRANSLATION (27) And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh da...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE SEVEN AND THIRTIETH YEAR OF THE CAPTIVITY OF JEHOIACHIN KING OF JUDAH, IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, ON THE SEVEN AND TWENTIETH DAY OF THE MONTH, THAT EVILMERODACH KING OF BABYLON...
25:27 (e-0) With vers. 27-30, compare Jeremiah 52:31-34 ....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 25 THE KING OF BABYLON ATTACKS JERUSALEM V1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched out with his whole army. He marche...
IN THE SEVEN AND THIRTIETH YEAR ... — Jehoiachin was now fifty-five years old (2 Kings 24:8; 2 Kings 24:12). ON THE SEVEN AND TWENTIETH DAY. — Jeremiah 52:31 : _five and twentieth,_ which is probably...
(27-30) The captivity of Jehoiachin ameliorated by the new king of Babylon. (See Jeremiah 52:31.)...
וַ יְהִי֩ בִ שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וָ שֶׁ֜בַע שָׁנָ֗ה
GEDALIAH B.C. 586 2 Kings 25:22 " _ Vedi che son un che piango._ " - DANTE, "Inferno." "No rather steel thy melting heart To act the martyr s sternest part, To watch with firm, unshrinking eye Th...
THE REMNANT FLEE TO EGYPT 2 Kings 25:22 Thus at last the city, which had been full of people, sat solitary, bewailed by Jeremiah in exquisite elegies. The poorest only were left, under Gedaliah, the...
The rebellion was easily quelled, and Zedekiah was captured and taken to Babylon. His fate is tragic and awful. With eyes put out, and bound in fetters, he was carried to the court of his conqueror as...
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of (n) Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of B...
Twentieth. Jeremias (lii. 31.) says the 25th, when Nabuchodonosor was buried, and (Du Hamel) the decree was made, though it was not put in execution till two days later. (Calmet) --- Evilmerodach, who...
It is hardly possible to read the wonderful change in the circumstances of Jehoiachin, who, after so long a period as thirty-seven years lying in a prison, is brought forth to liberty, and to the king...
Well, then, in the next portion of our book (2 Kings 21:1-26) we see how truly a pious father may be followed by an impious son. Manasseh, young as he was, did not only begin to reign, but "did that w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 24 AND 25. The kings of Israel had been the fatal examples of a course which had led Judah and all Israel to their ruin (see 2 Kings 16:3). The pious Jehoshap...
Ver. 27-30. AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE THIRTY AND SEVENTH YEAR OF THE CAPTIVITY OF JEHOIACHIN KING OF JUDAH,.... Who must then be fifty five years of age: IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, ON THE TWENTY AND SEVE...
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babyl...
_Evil-merodach, king of Babylon_ “Nebuchadnezzar, the father of Evil-merodach, died in the year of the world 3442, and before Christ 562, after he had reigned from the death of his father, according t...
1 Ierusalem is besieged. 4 Zedekiah taken, his sonnes slaine, his eyes put out. 8 Nabuzaradan defaceth the city, carieth the remnant, except a few poore labourers, into captiuitie, 13 Spoileth and...
GEDALIAH GOVERNOR OF JUDAH...
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, the date being noted with great ac...
THE TOTAL CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH (vv.1-21) In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign Nebuchadnezzar came and besieged Jerusalem, building a wall around it. Jeremiah told Zedekiah, by the word of the Lord, t...
22-30 The king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah to be the governor and protector of the Jews left their land. But the things of their peace were so hidden from their eyes, that they knew not when they w...
ON THE SEVEN AND TWENTIETH DAY; or, on the twenty-fifth day, as it is JEREMIAH 52:31; for then the decree was made, which was executed upon the twenty-seventh day....
2 Kings 25:27 thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 captivity H1546 Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 Judah H3063 twelfth H
THE PARTIAL RESTORATION OF JEHOIACHIN, IN BABYLON (2 KINGS 25:27). There can be no question that the purpose of this final narrative is to indicate that YHWH's hand was still on the house of David. It...
TWELFTH MONTH That is, March....
CONTENTS: Seige of Jerusalem and final deportation. CHARACTERS: God, Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Gedaliah, Ishmael, Evil-merodach, Jehoiachin. CONCLUSION: Those who have by sin provoked God to leave t...
2 Kings 25:18. _Seraiah,_ the father of Ezra, was put to death with the nobles for rebellion; but many of those who thus suffered had also made a false covenant with the Lord; and their sins found the...
_And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin._ JEHOIACHIN AS A VICTIM OF TYRANNIC DESPOTISM AND AS AN OBJECT OF DELIVERING MERCY The incident here recorded pre...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 25:27 EVIL-MERODACH was Nebuchadnezzar’s son and successor. His release of the Judean king FROM PRISON in 561 B.C. gives the reader some hope that there is still a future fo
THE UTTER DESOLATION OF JERUSALEM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 25:1. IN THE NINTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN—The revolt of Zedekiah so incensed Nebuchadnezzar that he determined on the final act o...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 25:1 THE LAST SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. THE JEWS LED INTO CAPTIVITY. HISTORY OF THE REMNANT LEFT
Genesis 40:13; Genesis 40:20; Jeremiah 24:5; Jeremiah 24:6;...
Seven and twentieth — Or, on the twenty fifth day, as it is, Jeremiah 52:31. For then the decree was made, which was executed upon the twenty seventh day....