Jeremiah 52:14

. Vid. Kimchi in loc. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Jeremiah 52:1 INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 52 This chapter contains the history of the besieging, taking, and destroying of Jerusalem; the moving cause of it, the wicked reign of Zedekiah, Jeremiah 52:1; the instruments of it, the king of Babylon and his army, which besieged and took it, Jeremiah 52:4; into whose hands the king of Judah, his sons, and the princes of Judah, fell; and were very barbarously and cruelly used by them, Jeremiah 52:8. Then follows an account of the burning of the temple, the king's palace, and the houses in Jerusalem, and the breaking down of the walls of it, Jeremiah 52:12; and of those that were carried captive, and of those that were left in the land by Nebuzaradan, Jeremiah 52:15; and of the several vessels and valuable things in the temple, of gold, silver, and brass, it was plundered of, and carried to Babylon, Jeremiah 52:17; and of the murder of several persons of dignity and character, Jeremiah 52:24; and of the number of those that were carried captive at three different times, Jeremiah 52:28; and the chapter is concluded with the exaltation of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and of the good treatment he met with from the king of Babylon to the day of his death, Jeremiah 52:31. Ver. 1. Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign,....

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard,.... Which he brought with him from Riblah, or were left at Jerusalem by those that pursued after Zedekiah when the city was taken, which the captain of the guard now had the command of: broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about: See Gill on Jeremiah 39:8.

The destruction of Jerusalem and of the temple, and the carrying away of the people, which are only very summarily stated in Jeremiah 39:8-10 , are here related in complete accordance with the account given in 2 Kings 25:8-17 . The deviations for the most part originated through the freedom exercised by the epitomizer in his work, or only when mistakes were made by later copyists. The text before us has some amplifications (especially the notices regarding the ornaments of the brazen pillars, Jeremiah 52:23 ) which are found nowhere else in the Old Testament. The difference in date between Jeremiah 52:12 ("on the tenth of the month") and the passage in Kings ("on the seventh of the month") has arisen through one number having been mistaken for another in copying; it cannot now be decided which is correct; see on 2 Kings 25:18 . As to Nebuzaradan, see on Jeremiah 39:13 . Instead of עמד , is found עבד in 2 Kings 25:8 , which certainly is a simpler reading, but one having less appearance of being the original. The only strange point is the want of the relative אשׁר in plain prose before עמד, which is probably to be pointed עמד. בּירוּשׁלים, instead of ירוּשׁלים (Kings), is a pregnant expression for "he came into Jerusalem." - Jeremiah 52:14 . From the expression את־כּל־חומות, as given in Jeremiah 52:14 , "all" is omitted in Kings, as being not indispensable for the meaning.

aith and holiness. ## Jeremiah 52:24 See Poole " 2Ki_25:18 " , where we have the same words. This Seraiah was not he mentioned Jer_51:59, but the son of Azariah, 1Ch_6:14. By the ## second priest, interpreters understand him that supplied the place of the high priest in case he were sick, &c., he that was sent by Zedekiah to the prophet, Jer_21:1, and whom Jeremiah chose by his letters, Jer_29:25, for not setting Jeremiah in the stocks. It is probable there were more keepers of the door, but the captain of the guard took only three of the principal. Jeremiah 52:25 See 2Ki_25:19; only there is mention out of five men, here there is mention of seven, but probably two of them were of less note. Jeremiah 52:26 No text from Poole on this verse. ## Jeremiah 52:27 See 2Ki_25:20 ,21 . Jeremiah 52:28 That is, in the time of Jehoiachin, 2Ki_24:12-14; here it is said to be in the seventh year, there in the eighth year, it might be in part ## of both. But there is a difference in the number of the captives, which are here said to be three thousand and twenty-three, and 2Ki_24:14 ,16 , seven thousand, or eight. It is thought by some that the number here mentioned were such as properly belonged to Judah, and the number mentioned 2Ki 24 , were the number of the captives of Judah and Benjamin. See the English Annotations. Jeremiah 52:29 That was the year when the city was broken up.

le on this verse. Jeremiah 52:9 No text from Poole on this verse. Jeremiah 52:10 No text from Poole on this verse. Jeremiah 52:11 This history is found 2Ki_25:1-7, much in the same words. See the annotations on that chapter. Jeremiah also hath the substance of it, Jer_39:1-7; only neither of those places have the last words, from whence we learn that Zedekiah died in Babylon a prisoner. Jeremiah 52:12 No text from Poole on this verse. Jeremiah 52:13 No text from Poole on this verse. Jeremiah 52:14 No text from Poole on this verse. Jeremiah 52:15 No text from Poole on this verse. ## Jeremiah 52:16 See Poole " 2Ki_25:8 " , See Poole " 2Ki_25:9 " , See Poole " 2Ki_25:10 " , See Poole " 2Ki_25:11 " , See Poole " 2Ki_25:12 " where all this is related, only with a small difference as to the day of the month when Nebuzar-adan came to Jerusalem and burned the temple. In the Kings it i