Jeremiah 52:28-29 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 52:24-30

We have here a very melancholy account, 1. Of the slaughter of some great men, in cold blood, at Riblah, seventy-two in number (according to the number of the elders of Israel, Num. 11:24, 25), so they are computed, 2 Kgs. 25:18, 19. We read there of five out of the temple, two out of the city, five out of the court, and sixty out of the country. The account here agrees with that, except in one article; there it is said that there were five, here there were seven, of those that were near the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:28

This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive in the seventh year ,.... That is, of his reign: in 2 Kings 24:12 ; it is said to be in the eighth year of his reign; it being at the latter end of the seventh, and the beginning of the eighth, as Kimchi observes; this was the captivity of Jeconiah: the number of the captives then were three thousand Jews, and three and twenty ; but in 2 Kings 24:14 ; they are said to be ten thousand; which may be reconciled thus, there... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:29

In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar ,.... Said to be the nineteenth, Jeremiah 52:12 ; it was at the end of the eighteenth, and the beginning of the nineteenth, as Kimchi; or this was before the taking of the city, when he raised the siege, and departed to meet the king of Egypt, at which time he might carry captive many, as here said: he carried away captive from Jerusalem, eight hundred thirty and two persons ; which is more likely to be then done than at the taking of the city;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 52:28-30

On these verses Dr. Blayney has some sensible remarks; I will extract the substance. These verses are not inserted in 2 Kings 25. Are we to conclude from these verses that the whole number of the Jews which Nebuchadnezzar, in all his expeditions, carried away, was no more than four thousand six hundred? This cannot be true; for he carried away more than twice that number at one time and this is expressly said to have been in the eighth year of his reign, 2 Kings 24:12-16 . Before that time... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-34

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:4-34

The march of doom. These verses tell of the awful progress of the judgment of God on the doomed city of Jerusalem, her king, and people. To all who imagine that God is too full of love and graciousness to sternly judge and punish men, the contemplation of the events told of here may be painful, but assuredly they will be salutary also. We are shown the Babylonian armies gathering round the city; the long and dreadful siege; the gaunt famine that fastens upon the besieged; the walls broken... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:28

In the seventh year. As Ewald and Keil agree, we should correct "seventh" into "seventeenth" (just as in 2 Chronicles 36:9 , for "eight" we should read "eighteen"). On the small number of Jews deported Ewald remarks, "Nothing so clearly shows the extent to which the best men from the upper classes had been already despatched by the Chaldeans across the Euphrates, as the fact that in all the years of the second, and, if it be insisted on, of the third revolt, put together, they found only... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 52:28

Seventh year - The suggestion is now generally received, that the word ten has dropped out before seven, and that the deportations mentioned here are all connected with the final war against Zedekiah. The calculation of Nebuchadnezzars reign is different from that used elsewhere, showing that the writer had access to a document not known to the compiler of the Book of Kings. In each date there is a difference of one year. The Septuagint omits Jeremiah 52:28-30.The number of the exiles carried... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 52:28-30

Jeremiah 52:28-30. This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive “These verses are not inserted in 2 Kings 25:0. Nor are they to be found here, according to the Roman and Alexandrian editions of the LXX.; but in the Complutensian they are, and in two MSS. collated by Dr. Grabe; also in Theodotion’s version in the Hexapla. All the other ancient versions acknowledge them; and they are not omitted in any of the collated Hebrew MSS.; so that there is no doubt of their being... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-34

52:1-34 HISTORICAL APPENDIXThis appendix is similar to 2 Kings 24:18-25:30. The probable reason for its inclusion is to show how Jeremiah’s prophecies concerning Jerusalem’s last days were fulfilled.Judah’s king during its last tragic years was Zedekiah. He was a weak king, whose reign was characterized throughout by religious failure and political indecision. Finally, after years of uncertain plotting, he decided to rebel openly against his overlord Babylon (52:1-3). Nebuchadnezzar could be... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 52:24-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 52:28-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:4-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 52:28

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 52:28-30

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-34

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