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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-11

This narrative begins no higher than the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, though there were two captivities before, one in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the other in the first of Jeconiah; but probably it was drawn up by some of those that were carried away with Zedekiah, as a reproach to themselves for imagining that they should not go into captivity after their brethren, with which hopes they had long flattered themselves. We have here, 1. God's just displeasure against Judah and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign ,.... Whose name was Mattaniah; and who was set on the throne by the king of Babylon, in the room of his brother's son Jehoiachin, 2 Kings 24:17 ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem ; so that he was thirty two years of age when he was taken and carried captive into Babylon: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah ; see 2 Kings 24:18 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:2

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord ,.... Though we do not read of any idolatry he was guilty of; yet he was disobedient to the word of the Lord, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet of the Lord, that spoke in his name; and particularly he rebelled against the king of Babylon, and violated the oath he made to him, 2 Chronicles 36:12 ; according to all that Jehoiakim had done ; an elder brother of his, who reigned after Josiah, and before... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:3

For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah ,.... Or, "besides the anger of the Lord that was in", or "against Jerusalem and Judah" F14 כי על אף יהוה "nam praeter iram Jehovae, quae fuit contra Hierosolymam", Schmidt. ; for their many sins and transgressions committed against him: till he had cast them out from his presence ; out of the land of Judea; out of Jerusalem, and the temple, where were the symbols of his presence; so the Targum, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old - See 2 Kings 24:18 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 52:2

And he did - evil - This and the following verse are the same as 2 Kings 24:19 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 52:3

Through the anger of the Lord - Here is a king given to a people in God's anger, and taken away in his displeasure. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah. (Cf. former homily, Jeremiah 37:1 .)—C. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-3

Zedekiah as king. I. THE POSITION OF A YOUNG MAN . He was twenty-one years old when he began to reign. Out of boyhood, looking round him at a time when he had become responsible for the conduct of his life. In England the age of twenty-one is full of significance to many young men, for then they become free from legal disabilities and restrictions. Any young man about the age of Zedekiah becomes thereby an object of special interest. II. AN UNEXPECTED POSITION . At... read more

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