Without weight - The Babylonians did not take the trouble to weigh the brass as they did the gold and silver. In the Assyrian monuments there are representations of the weighing of captured articles in gold and silver in the presence of the royal scribes. read more
2 Kings 25:11-12. Now the rest of the people that were left in the city Whom neither the sword nor famine had destroyed, who were eight hundred and thirty-two persons, (Jeremiah 52:29,) being members and traders of that city: for it is likely that there were very many more of the country people fled thither, who were left with others of their brethren to manure the land. And the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon That is, all that fled to him, and put themselves under his... read more
2 Kings 25:13. The pillars of brass, &c., did the Chaldees break in pieces Because they were too cumbersome to be carried away whole. And carried the brass of them to Babylon As was foretold Jeremiah 27:21-22. read more
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
husbandmen. Compare Jeremiah 52:16 . read more
THE LOOTING AND DESTRUCTION OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE"And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases of the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. And the fire-pans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver,... read more
I. The Captivity of the Southern Kingdom 25:8-30Nebuzaradan, Nebuchadnezzar’s commander-in-chief, returned to destroy Jerusalem more thoroughly and to preclude any successful national uprising in Judah.His burning of Yahweh’s house (2 Kings 25:9) was a statement that the Babylonians had overcome Yahweh as much as it was an effort to keep the remaining Judahites from worshipping Him. This act would have thoroughly demoralized even the godly in Judah, since in the ancient Near East the condition... read more
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
(10) With the captain.—The preposition, though wanting in the common Hebrew text, is found in many MSS. and the old versions, as well as Jeremiah 52:0 read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:13
The pillars of brass ... - All the more precious treasures had been already removed from the temple 2 Kings 24:13. But there still remained many things, the list of which is given in Jeremiah 52:17-23 much more fully than in this place. Objects in brass, or rather bronze, were frequently carried off by the Assyrians from the conquered nations. Bronze was highly valued, being the chief material both for arms and implements. The breaking up of the pillars, bases, etc., shows that it was for the... read more