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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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NEBUZAR-ADAN. the prince favoured by Nebo.
THE GUARD. the executioners (2 Kings 25:8). Compare Genesis 37:36;
Genesis 39:1....
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See introd. note and summary to ch....
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_Nebuzaradan_ He did not, however, arrive (Jeremiah 52:12; 2 Kings
25:8) till a month later.
_captain of the guard_ Heb. _chief of the executioners_.
_that fell away to him_ i.e. that went over to t...
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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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C. The Captivity of the People Jeremiah 39:8-10
TRANSLATION
(8) The Chaldeans burned the house of the king and the houses of the
people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem. (9) The rest of the
peopl...
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Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into
Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those
that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the peopl...
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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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THEN NEBUZAR-ADAN THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD. — Here again the title
in the Hebrew — _Bab-tab-bachim_ — takes a form like that of
Rab-saris and Rab-shaken, and means literally, “chief of the
slaughterer...
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וְ אֵת֩ יֶ֨תֶר הָ עָ֜ם הַ
נִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים
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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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_Army. Hebrew, "slayers," denoting soldiers, cooks, and sacrificers,
Genesis xxxvii. 36. --- Remained, having escaped the sword, &c. They
had been spared when Joakim and Jechonias were taken._...
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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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The Prophet now relates also what happened to others, even those who
remained in the city, and whom Nebuchadnezzar and his army had spared:
he says that they were _brought to Babylon. _There were thos...
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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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THEN NEBUZARADAN THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD,.... The Targum is,
"the captain of those that kill;''
of the soldiers, of the militia. Some render it, the captain of the
"cooks"; others, of the "butchers...
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Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into
Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those
that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people...
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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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Then Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, the commander of the
royal Chaldean body-guard, one of the chief officers of
Nebuchadnezzar, CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE INTO BABYLON THE REMNANT OF THE
PEOPLE TH...
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THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD:
Or, chief Marshal. _Heb._ chief of the executioners or slaughtermen.
And so verse 10. 11, etc....
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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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This NEBUZAR-ADAN was in that place which we call the
_provost-marshal_, with them it was called THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD;
and here are two sorts of prisoners reckoned up whom he carried away:
1. Suc...
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Jeremiah 39:9 Nebuzaradan H5018 captain H7227 guard H2876 captive
H1540 (H8689) Babylon H894 remnant H3499 people H5971
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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 39:9 The PEOPLE WHO WERE LEFT IN THE CITY
and THOSE WHO HAD DESERTED were taken to BABYLON. Not every Judean was
taken, for the poorest people,...
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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 Kings 20:18; 2 Kings 25:11; 2 Kings 25:20; Deuteronomy 4:27;...