2 Kings 24:14 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

2 Kings 24:14

12 ^aThen Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, ^bin the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner.

The Captivity of Jerusalem

13 ^aAnd he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he ^bcut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, ^cas the Lord had said.

14 Also ^ahe carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ^bten thousand captives, and ^call the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except ^dthe poorest people of the land.

15 And ^ahe carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

16 ^aAll the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

17 Then ^athe king of Babylon made Mattaniah, ^bJehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and ^cchanged his name to Zedekiah.

18 ^aZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was ^bHamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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as the Lord had said—(compare II Kings 20:17; Isaiah 39:6; Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:3). The elite of the nation for rank, usefulness, and moral worth, all who might be useful in Babylon or dangerous in Palestine, were carried off to Babylon, to the number of ten thousand (II Kings 24:14). These are specified (II Kings 24:15-16), warriors, seven thousand; craftsmen and smiths, one thousand; king's wives, officers, and princes, also priests and prophets (Jeremiah 29:1; Ezekiel 1:1), two thousand; equal to ten thousand captives in all.

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