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2 Kings 24:15

And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon,.... Where he continued at least thirty seven years, 2 Kings 25:27 and the king's mother; whose name was Nehushta, 2 Kings 24:8 and the king's wives; for though he was so young, it seems he had many wives, as was the custom of those times; or his "women", who were either his concubines, or servants in his...

2 Kings 24:16

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And all the men of might, even seven thousand,.... The particulars of the 10,000 carried captive are here given; 7000 of which were the principal men of the land: and craftsmen and smiths one thousand; which made 8000: all that were strong, and apt for war; of these consisted the other 2000; so Abarbinel reckons them; but, according to the Jewish...

2 Kings 24:17

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead,.... The third son of Josiah, 1 Chronicles 3:15 and changed his name to Zedekiah; for the same reason the king of Egypt changed the name of Eliakim, 2 Kings 23:34 to signify his subjection to him; though some think it was to put him in mind of the justice of God, as the...

2 Kings 24:18

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Ver. 18-20. Zedekiah was twenty years old when he began to reign,.... So that he was but between nine and ten years of age when his father Josiah died; for Jehoahaz reigned three months, Jehoiakim eleven years, and his son three months and ten days: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of...

2 Kings 24:19

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

[See comments on 2 Kings 24:18].

2 Kings 24:20

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

[See comments on 2 Kings 24:18].

2 Kings 25

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 25 In this chapter is an account of the siege, taking, and burning of the city of Jerusalem, and of the carrying captive the king and the inhabitants to Babylon, 2 Kings 25:1, as also of the pillars and vessels of the temple brought thither, 2 Kings 25:13 and of the putting to death several of the principal persons of the...

2 Kings 25:1

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Ver. 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.

2 Kings 25

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry

Ever since David's time Jerusalem had been a celebrated place, beautiful for situation and the joy of the whole earth: while the book of psalms lasts that name will sound great. In the New Testament we read much of it, when it was, as here, ripening again for its ruin. In the close of the Bible we read of a new Jerusalem. Every thing therefore...