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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:1-30

2 Kings 25:18 . Seraiah, the father of Ezra, was put to death with the nobles for rebellion; but many of those who thus suffered had also made a false covenant with the Lord; and their sins found them out. Jeremiah 34:18. REFLECTIONS. Standing now on the ruins of a burned and desecrated temple, what is the history of the Hebrew nation for nine hundred years, since the emancipation from Egypt, but a sea of troubles. After the intervals of sunshine and calm, storms more furious seem to arise... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 25:1-21

2 Kings 25:1-21And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign.Captivity of JudahWe have two prominent characters in this lesson--Zedekiah King of Judah, and Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon. The latter was one of the remarkable men of the world, not only as a military conqueror, but as a ruler of great genius and executive power. Zedekiah was the youngest son of Josiah, and was placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar at the age of twenty-one. He reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, and “did that... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 25:2

2Ki 25:2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. Ver. 2. Unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. ] Which was a full year and half; yet so as that the siege was raised for a time by the coming of Pharaohhophra, that broken reed, as Ezekiel styleth him, whereunto there was no trusting; and so it proved: for he came into the field like thunder and lightning, but went out like a snuff. Jeremiah 37:5 ; Jer 37:11 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 25:2

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:10 - was besieged Jeremiah 21:2 - for Jeremiah 32:1 - in the Jeremiah 39:1 - the ninth read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:1-7

ZEDEKIAH’S REIGN, 2 Kings 24:18 to 2 Kings 25:7. In the fifty-second chapter of Jeremiah we have a duplicate history so nearly identical with the close of this book of Kings from this verse, as to show that both narratives proceeded from one original source. Compare also Jeremiah 39:1-10. Of the authorship precisely the same thing is to be said as of the history of Hezekiah which is given in 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:21, and Isaiah 36-39. See note introductory to 2 Kings 18:13. read more