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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-7

We left king Zedekiah in rebellion against the king of Babylon (2 Kgs. 24:20), contriving and endeavouring to shake off his yoke, when he was no way able to do it, nor took the right method by making God his friend first. Now here we have an account of the fatal consequences of that attempt. I. The king of Babylon's army laid siege to Jerusalem, 2 Kgs. 25:1. What should hinder them when the country was already in their possession? 2 Kgs. 24:2. They built forts against the city round about,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 25:8-21

Though we have reason to think that the army of 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 2 Kgs. 25:8; 2 Kgs. 25:3) Nebuzar-adan was sent with orders to complete the destruction of Jerusalem. This space God gave them to repent, after all the foregoing days of his patience, but in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-7

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign ,.... Of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. From hence to the end of 2 Kings 25:7 , the account exactly agrees with Jeremiah 52:4 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 25:8-12

And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month ,.... In Jeremiah 52:12 it is the tenth day of the month; which, how to be reconciled; see Gill on Jeremiah 52:12 . which is the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar ; who, according to Ptolemy's canon, reigned forty three years; Metasthenes F21 De Judicio Temp. & Annal. Pers. fol. 221. 2. says forty five; and from hence, to the end of 2 Kings 25:12 facts are related as in Jeremiah 52:12 whither the reader is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:8

In the fifth month - On the seventh day of the fifth month, (answering to Wednesday, Aug. 24), Nebuzar-adan made his entry into the city; and having spent two days in making provision, on the tenth day of the same month, (Saturday, Aug. 27), he set fire to the temple and the king's palace, and the houses of the nobility, and burnt them to the ground; Jeremiah 52:13 , compared with Jeremiah 39:8 . Thus the temple was destroyed in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the nineteenth of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-10

LAST SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM . The open rebellion of Zedekiah was followed almost immediately by the advance into Judaea of a Babylonian army under Nebuchadnezzar in person, and the strict investment of the capital. We learn the circumstances of the siege from Jeremiah, in the prophecy which bears his name, and in the Book of Lamentations. It lasted one year and seven months, and was accompanied by a blockade so strict that the defenders were reduced to the last extremity,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-10

The fall of Judah and Jerusalem a warning for all time to all nations. Jerusalem had defied Zerah with his host of a minion men ( 2 Chronicles 14:9-15 ), and had triumphed over Sennacherib at the head of all the armed force of Assyria ( 2 Kings 19:35 , 2 Kings 19:36 ): why did she succumb to Nebuchadnezzar? It is quite certain that Babylon was not a stronger power than either Egypt or Assyria when in their prime. There is no reason to believe that Nebuchadnezzar was a better general... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-10

The fall and destruction of Jerusalem. With this account of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar should be compared the narrative of its later destruction by Titus (A.D. 70). History does not always repeat itself; but in this instance it does so with marvelous fidelity. The close investment of the city, the desperate resistance, the horrors of famine within, the incidents of the capture, the burning of the temple, the demolition of the walls, and the captivity of the people, present... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-21

The last days of Jerusalem. The shameful story of Judah's disobedience and sin is now drawing to a close. Here we have an account of the capture of Jerusalem and its king by Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon. Zedekiah, the king, was taken prisoner. His sons were first put to death before his eyes. Then his own eyes were put out. He was bound in fetters of brass, and carried sway to Babylon. Jerusalem itself, the city of David and Solomon, was a scene of desolation. Nebuzar-adan, captain of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-30

THE LAST SIEGE OF JERUSALEM . THE JEWS LED INTO CAPTIVITY . HISTORY OF THE REMNANT LEFT BEHIND . RELEASE FROM PRISON OF JEHOIACHIN . read more

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