열왕기하 25:2-7 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:3

And on the ninth day of the fourth month. The text of Kings is hero incomplete, and has to be restored from Jeremiah 52:6 . Our translators have supplied the missing words. The famine prevailed in the city (see the comment on Jeremiah 52:2 ). As I have elsewhere observed, "The intensity of the suffering endured may be gathered from Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Josephus. The complexions of the men grew black with famine ( Lamentations 4:8 ; Lamentations 5:10 ); their skin was shrunk... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:4

And the city was broken up ; rather, brown into ; i.e. a breach was made in the walls. Probably the breach was on the north side of the city, where the ground is nearly level (see Ezekiel 9:2 ). According to Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 10.8. § 2), the enemy entered through the breach about midnight. And all the men of war — i.e; all the soldiers who formed the garrison— fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls ; rather, between the two walls , as in Jeremiah 52:7 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:5

And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king. When the escape of Zedekiah and the soldiers of the garrison was discovered, hot pursuit was made, since the honor of the great king required that his enemies should be brought captive to his presence. The commanders at Jerusalem would fuel this the more sensibly, since Nebuchadnezzar had for some time retired from the siege, and left its conduct to them, while he himself exercised a general superintendence over military affairs from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:6

So they took the king [Zedekiah], and brought him up to the King of Babylon. The presentation of rebel kings, when captured, to their suzerain, seated on his throne, is one of the most common subjects of Assyrian and Babylonian sculptures. The Egyptian and Persian artists also represent it. To Riblah. (For the situation of Riblah, see the comment on 2 Kings 23:33 .) As Nebuchadnezzar was engaged at one and the same time in directing the sieges both of Tyro and of Jerusalem, it was a most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:7

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes (comp. Herod; 2 Kings 3:14 , and 2 Macc. 7; for similar aggravations of condemned persons' sufferings). As Zedekiah was no more than thirty-two years of age ( 2 Kings 24:18 ), his sons must have been minors, who could not justly be held responsible for their father's doings. It was usual, however, in the East, and even among the Jews, to punish children for the sins of their fathers (see Joshua 7:24 , Joshua 7:25 ; 2 Kings 9:26 ; ... read more

Albert Barnes

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:4

The city was broken up - Rather, “broken into,” i. e., A breach was made about midnight in the northern wall Ezekiel 9:2, and an entry effected into the second or lower city (see the 2 Kings 22:14 note), which was protected by the wall of Manasseh 2 Chronicles 33:14.Precipitate flight followed on the advance of the Babylonians to the “middle gate,” or gate of communication between the upper and the lower cities. This position was only a little north of the royal palace, which the king therefore... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:5

Jeremiah Jeremiah 38:23 and Ezekiel Ezekiel 12:13 had prophesied this capture; and the latter had also prophesied the dispersion of the troops 2 Kings 25:14. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:6

To Riblah - See 2 Kings 23:33 note. A position from where Nebuchadnezzar could most conveniently superintend the operations against Tyre and Jerusalem. In the absence of the monarch, the siege of Jerusalem was conducted by a number of his officers, the chief of whom were Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, and Nergal-shar-ezer (Neriglissar), the Rab-mag Jeremiah 39:3, Jeremiah 39:13. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:7

Before his eyes - This refinement of cruelty seems to have especially shocked the Jews, whose manners were less barbarous than those of most Orientals. It is noted by Jeremiah in two places Jeremiah 39:6; Jeremiah 52:10.And put out the eyes of Zedekiah - Blinding has always been among the most common of secondary punishments in the East (compare Judges 16:2 l). The blinding of Zedekiah reconciled in a very remarkable way prophecies, apparently contradictory, which had been made concerning him.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:7

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:7

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