2 Kings 25:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:9

And he burnt the house of the Lord. After it had stood, according to Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 2 Kings 10:8 . § 5), four hundred and seventy years six months and ten days. This calculation, however, seems to exceed the truth. Neither the Assyrians nor the Babylonians had any regard for the gods of other nations. They everywhere burnt the temples, plundered the shrines, and carried off the images as trophies of victory. In the temple of Jerusalem they would find no images except those of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 25:10

And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. A complete demolition is not intended. When the exiles returned, and even in the time of Nehemiah 2:13 , Nehemiah 2:15 , much of the wall was still standing, and the circuit was easily traced. Probably the Babylonians did not do more than break one or two large breaches in the wall, as Joash had done ( 2 Kings 14:13 ) when he took Jerusalem in the reign of Amaziah. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:8

The nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar - 586 B.C., if we count from the real date of his accession (604 B.C.); but 587 B.C., if, with the Jews, we regard him as beginning to reign when he was sent by his father to recover Syria and gained the battle of Carchemish (in 605 B.C.).Captain of the guard - literally, “the chief of the executioners” Genesis 37:36. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:9

He burnt the house of the Lord - Compare the prophecies of Jeremiah Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 34:2; Jeremiah 38:18, Jeremiah 38:23.Psalms 79:1-13; Psalms 79:1-13 is thought to have been written soon after this destruction of the temple. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:8

2 Kings 25:8. And in the fifth month, &c. Though we have reason to think 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 2Ki 25:8 with 2Ki 25:3 ) Nebuzaradan was sent with orders to complete the destruction of it. This space God gave them for repentance after all the foregoing... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:9

2 Kings 25:9. And he burnt the house of the Lord The king of Babylon, it appears, did not design to send any colonies to people Judea, and therefore ordered Jerusalem to be laid in ashes, as a nest of rebels. “At the burning of the king’s house,” says Henry, “and the houses of the great men, one cannot much wonder, the inhabitants had by their sins kindled the fire of God’s wrath against them; but that the house of the Lord should perish in these flames, that that holy and beautiful... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 25:1-21

The destruction of Jerusalem (24:18-25:21)All Judah’s most capable administrators had been taken captive to Babylon. The few advisers who were left to Zedekiah had no true understanding of the situation, either political or religious, and persuaded the weak king to seek Egypt’s help in rebelling against Babylon. This was a policy that Jeremiah clearly saw was disastrous, for it would lead only to the horrors of siege and destruction. His advice was that Judah accept its fate as God’s will and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:8

seventh day. Jeremiah 52:12 says tenth day. He may have set fire to it on the seventh day, and it burnt until the tenth. captain of the guard = chief of the royal executioners. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:9

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . great man's house. See note on Proverbs 17:19 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:8

THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE"Now in the fifth month on the seventh day of the month, which was the 19th year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem. And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire. And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of... read more

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