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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:9

He burnt the house of the Lord - Compare the prophecies of Jeremiah Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 34:2; Jeremiah 38:18, Jeremiah 38:23.Psalms 79:1-13; Psalms 79:1-13 is thought to have been written soon after this destruction of the temple. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:5

2 Kings 25:5. The army of the Chaldees pursued after the king Intelligence was soon given of his flight, and which way he was gone, so that they soon overtook him. And all his army His guards; were scattered from him Every man shifting for his safety. Had he made his peace with God, and put himself under his protection, he would not have failed him now. It seems to have been the design of the king, and of those with him, to escape into Egypt through Arabia Deserta. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:6

2 Kings 25:6 . And brought him to the king of Babylon, to Riblah Where Nebuchadnezzar stayed, that he might both supply the besiegers with men and military provisions, as their occasions required, and have an eye to Chaldea, to prevent or suppress any commotions which might happen there in his absence. They gave judgment upon him The king’s officers appointed thereunto examined his cause, and passed the following sentence against him. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:7

2 Kings 25:7. They slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes Though they were but children, that this spectacle, the last he was to behold, might leave a deep and durable impression of grief and horror upon his spirit. And in slaying his sons they in effect declared that the kingdom was no more, and that neither he nor any of his breed were fit to be trusted: therefore not fit to live. And put out his eyes, and carried him to Babylon Thus two prophecies were fulfilled, which seemed... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:8

2 Kings 25:8. And in the fifth month, &c. Though we have reason to think the Chaldeans were much enraged against the city, for holding out with so much stubbornness; yet they did not, therefore, put all to fire and sword as soon as they had taken the city, which is too commonly done in such cases; but about a month after (compare 2Ki 25:8 with 2Ki 25:3 ) Nebuzaradan was sent with orders to complete the destruction of it. This space God gave them for repentance after all the foregoing... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:9

2 Kings 25:9. And he burnt the house of the Lord The king of Babylon, it appears, did not design to send any colonies to people Judea, and therefore ordered Jerusalem to be laid in ashes, as a nest of rebels. “At the burning of the king’s house,” says Henry, “and the houses of the great men, one cannot much wonder, the inhabitants had by their sins kindled the fire of God’s wrath against them; but that the house of the Lord should perish in these flames, that that holy and beautiful... 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 25:6

Riblah. See note on 2 Kings 23:33 . they. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "he". gave judgments = passed sentence. Compare 2 Kings 24:20 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:7

put out the eyes. So that he did not "see" Babylon, though he was to die there (Ezekiel 12:13 ). But he did "see" the king of Babylon, according to Jeremiah 32:4 ; Jeremiah 34:3 . See note on Genesis 19:11 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:8

seventh day. Jeremiah 52:12 says tenth day. He may have set fire to it on the seventh day, and it burnt until the tenth. captain of the guard = chief of the royal executioners. read more

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