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
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