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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:2

The siege lasted almost exactly a year and a half. Its calamities - famine, pestilence, and intense suffering - are best understood from the Lamentations of Jeremiah, written probably almost immediately after the capture. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:3

2 Kings 25:3. The famine prevailed in the city So that for a long time they ate their bread, as Ezekiel foretold they should do, (Ezekiel 4:16,) by weight and with care, and drunk their water by measure and with astonishment, perceiving the quantity of it lessening fast every day, and having no hope of a fresh supply. Thus they were punished for their gluttony and excess, their fulness of bread, and feeding themselves without fear. At length there was no bread for the people of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-21

The destruction of Jerusalem (24:18-25:21)All Judah’s most capable administrators had been taken captive to Babylon. The few advisers who were left to Zedekiah had no true understanding of the situation, either political or religious, and persuaded the weak king to seek Egypt’s help in rebelling against Babylon. This was a policy that Jeremiah clearly saw was disastrous, for it would lead only to the horrors of siege and destruction. His advice was that Judah accept its fate as God’s will and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:3

fourth. This numeral is supplied from Jeremiah 52:6 . the famine. The ninth recorded in Scripture. See note on Genesis 12:10 . Fulfilling Leviticus 26:29 . Deuteronomy 28:53-57 . Jeremiah 15:2 ; Jeremiah 27:13 .Lamentations 2:20-22 .Ezekiel 4:16 . Sufferings described in Jeremiah 21:7-9 . Lamentations 4:9 , Lamentations 4:10 ; Lamentations 5:10 , &c. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 25:3

2 Kings 25:3. The famine prevailed— See Eze 5:10 and Lamentations 4:5. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:3

3. on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed—In consequence of the close and protracted blockade, the inhabitants were reduced to dreadful extremities; and under the maddening influence of hunger, the most inhuman atrocities were perpetrated (Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 2:22; Lamentations 4:9; Lamentations 4:10; Ezekiel 5:10). This was a fulfilment of the prophetic denunciations threatened on the apostasy of the chosen people (Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:53-57; Jeremiah... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:1-30

The Fall of JerusalemThis chapter relates the siege and destruction of Jerusalem, the capture of king Zedekiah, and the deportation of most of the Jewish people.1. In the tenth day] The successive stages in the overthrow of the city are carefully marked by the historian: cp. 2 Kings 25:3, 2 Kings 25:8. Forts] perhaps movable towers for throwing troops upon the walls.3. The famine] the sufferings of the besieged are described in Jeremiah 21:7-9; Lamentations 4:8; Lamentations 5:10.4. The city... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 25:2

(2) Unto the eleventh year.—The siege lasted altogether one year, five months, and twenty-seven days (2 Kings 25:1 compared with 2 Kings 25:8). The Chaldæans raised the siege for a time, and marched against Pharaoh-Hophra, who was coming to the help of the Jews (Jeremiah 37:5 seq.; comp. Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 30:20 seq.) read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 25:3

(3) And on the ninth day of the fourth month.—The text is supplemented from Jeremiah 39:2; Jeremiah 52:6. The Syriac, however, has, “And in the eleventh year of King Zedekiah, in the fifth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine prevailed,” &c.; which may be original. (Comp. 2 Kings 25:1.)The famine prevailed.—Not that the scarcity was first felt on that day, but that it then had reached a climax, so that defence was no longer possible. The horrors of the siege are referred to in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-7

20ZEDEKIAH, THE LAST KING OF JUDAHB.C. 597-5862 Kings 24:18-20; 2 Kings 25:1-7"Quand ce grand Dieu a choisi quelqu’un pour etre l’instrument de ses desseins rien n’arrete le cours, en enchaine, ou il aveugle, ou il dompte tout ce qui est capable de resistance."- BOSSUET, "Oraison funebre de Henriette Marie."WHEN Jehoiachin was carried captive to Babylon, never to return, his uncle Mattaniah ("Jehovah’s gift"), the third son of Josiah, was put by Nebuchadrezzar in his place. In solemn... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 25:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:3

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:1-30

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 25:2

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 25:3

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-7

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