2 Reis 25:10-16 NVT

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-12

the Captivity Made Complete 2 Kings 25:1-12 As the final catastrophe approaches, the historian becomes more minute in his dates, marking the month and the day . From Ezekiel 24:1 we gather that on the very day when the foe made his appearance before Jerusalem, the fact was revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon, and the fate of the city made clear. Jeremiah besought Zedekiah to submit, but to no purpose, Jeremiah 38:17 . The siege lasted eighteen months, and its calamities may be gathered from... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Kings 25:13-21

the Temple Despoiled 2 Kings 25:13-21 The Temple, after 420 years of varying fortune, was burned to the ground, and the remainder of its treasures carried off. A few years after, Nebuchadnezzar set up an image of gold on the plains of Dura, Daniel 3:1 . It has been suggested that this image was probably made from the metal removed from the Holy City; and this may have been an additional reason for the refusal of the Jews to worship as the king demanded. We have no information respecting the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:1-30

The rebellion was easily quelled, and Zedekiah was captured and taken to Babylon. His fate is tragic and awful. With eyes put out, and bound in fetters, he was carried to the court of his conqueror as the type and symbol of the people who had rebelled against God and been broken in pieces. A poor remnant still remained in the land over whom Gedaliah was appointed governor for a brief period. After his murder, the remnant fled to Egypt, and thus the nation called to peculiar position of honor,... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:10

A CITY WITHOUT WALLS‘All the army of the Chaldees … brake down the walls of Jerusalem.’ 2 Kings 25:10 I. Judah’s fall teaches this: God will not be mocked; what one sows he will have to reap.—It becomes a question of singular interest to ask and answer whether the Lord God our Maker really does mean what He says, when He threatens to punish sin. He has Himself left no doubt upon that point, so far as emphatic declarations are concerned, so far as it is possible for language to make His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:1-26

The Last Days Of Judah (2 Kings 23:31 to 2 Kings 25:26 ). As Huldah had forewarned the death of Josiah signalled the beginning of the end for Judah, and in fact within twenty five years of his death (in 609 BC) Jerusalem would be no more. Jehoahaz (nee Shallum), who succeeded him, only lasted three months before the inevitable Egyptian punitive invasion consequent on Josiah’s precipitate action resulted in his being taken into exile in Egypt, to be replaced by his brother Eliakim, who was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:8-22

3). The Final Destruction Of Jerusalem And The Death Of Its Leaders (2 Kings 25:8-22 ). Kings began with a description of the building of the house of YHWH and of the king’s house (1 Kings 5:1 to 1 Kings 7:12), and of the making of the pillars of bronze and the brazen sea (1 Kings 5:13 onwards), and it now ends with a description of their destruction, along with all the larger houses in Jerusalem. And it all occurred because they had incurred the wrath of YHWH. The continual downward slide to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:8-26

2 Kings 25:8-Ezekiel : . Destruction of Jerusalem. Fate of the Remnant.— This again is more fully related in Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 39:8 to Jeremiah 42:22), of which the passage before us is probably an abridgement. 2 Kings 25:8 . Nebuzar-adan treated Jeremiah with marked favour ( Jeremiah 40:8). 2 Kings 25:22 . Gedaliah established himself at Mizpah in Benjamin ( Joshua 8:26). His murder by Ishmael was the ruin of the remnant, which escaped to Egypt, taking Jeremiah with them (p. 73). read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 25:11

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 who were fled thither, who were left with others of their brethren to manure the land, as it here follows. The remnant of the multitude, to wit, of the inhabitants of the country. read more

Matthew Poole