2 Kings 25:8 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

2 Kings 25:8

6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon ^aat Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.

7 Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, ^aput out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.

8 And in the fifth month, ^aon the seventh day of the month (which was ^bthe nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), ^cNebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

9 ^aHe burned the house of the Lord ^band the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, ^che burned with fire.

10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard ^abroke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.

11 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive ^athe rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude.

12 But the captain of the guard ^aleft some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

13 ^aThe bronze ^bpillars that were in the house of the Lord, and ^cthe carts and ^dthe bronze Sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and ^ecarried their bronze to Babylon.

14 They also took away ^athe pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered.

15 The firepans and the basins, the things of solid gold and solid silver, the captain of the guard took away.

16 The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, ^athe bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.

17 ^aThe height of one pillar was¹ eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits, and the network and pomegranates all around the capital were all of bronze. The second pillar was the same, with a network.

18 ^aAnd the captain of the guard took ^bSeraiah the chief priest, ^cZephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

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I & II Kings

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septuagint and the Vulgate they are called the Third and Fourth Books of Kings. The authorship of these books is unknown; but the prevailing opinion is that they were compiled by Ezra, or one of the later prophets, from the ancient documents that are so frequently referred to in the course of the history as of public and established authority. Their inspired character was acknowledged by the Jewish Church, which ranked them in the sacred canon; and, besides, it is attested by our Lord, who frequently quotes from them (compare I Kings 17:9; II Kings 5:14 with Luke 4:24-27; I Kings 10:1 with Matthew 12:42).

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