Jeremiah 52:20

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 Jeremiah of Libnah; by which it appears that he was the brother of Jehoahaz by father and mother's side, 2 Kings 23:31. This and the two following verses are expressed in the same words as in Jeremiah 52:1, See Gill on "Jeremiah 52:1", See Gill on "Jeremiah 52:2", See Gill on "Jeremiah 52:3", in 2 Chronicles 36:10, besides what is here said, is written, that he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet of the Lord, that spoke in his name, but opposed him; and rebelling against the king of Babylon, broke his oath, and hardened his neck and heart against the Lord, and was obstinate, stubborn, and self-willed. 2 Kings 24:19 Ver. 19. See Gill on "2 Kings 24:18". 2 Kings 24:20 Ver. 20.

The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls,.... The two pillars of Jachin and Boaz before mentioned, and the molten or brasen sea, with the twelve bulls or oxen the sea stood upon, 1 Kings 7:25 ; that were under the bases; or "by the bases", as Jarchi; or rather, "that were instead of bases" (d); for the twelve oxen were the bases on which the molten sea stood: which King Solomon had made in the house of the Lord; this is mentioned to show that these were the selfsame pillars, sea, and oxen, and other vessels, that Solomon made, that were now carried away; for though Ahaz took down the sea from off the brasen oxen, and put it on a pavement of stones, yet it seems not to have been destroyed; and might be restored to its proper place by Hezekiah, or some other prince; the brass of all these vessels was without weight; there was no weight sufficient to weigh them; the weight of them could not very well be told; they were so heavy, that in Solomon's time the weight of them was not taken, when they were placed in the temple, so neither when they were taken away, 1 Kings 7:47. (d) "qui erant in loco basium", Piscator,

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 Jeremiah of Libnah; by which it appears that he was the brother of Jehoahaz by father and mother's side, 2 Kings 23:31. This and the two following verses are expressed in the same words as in Jeremiah 52:1, (see Gill on Jeremiah 52:1, Jeremiah 52:2, Jeremiah 52:3), in 2 Chronicles 36:10, besides what is here said, is written, that he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet of the Lord, that spoke in his name, but opposed him; and rebelling against the king of Babylon, broke his oath, and hardened his neck and heart against the Lord, and was obstinate, stubborn, and self-willed.

twelve brasen bulls that were under - Omitted in 2 Kings nd in Jeremiah 27:19 . Probably rightly, for what is said here of their being under the bases is a mistake. The bases were under the ten lavers. The Septuagint makes sense by translating it: "the twelve brasen bulls under the sea."

Solomon made two pillars, 1 Kings 7:15 , which, Jeremiah 52:21 , he called Jachin and Boaz ; Jeremiah 52:23 , a molten sea, ten cubits broad; this, Jeremiah 52:25 , stood upon twelve oxen, and had ten bases, Jeremiah 52:27 : the making of all these took up a vast quantity of brass, as any one will easily judge, who, 1 Kings 7:27 , readeth the dimensions of these things.

20. bulls … under the bases—But the bulls were not "under the bases," but under the sea (1Ki 7:25, 27, 38); the ten bases were not under the sea, but under the ten lavers. In English Version, "bases," therefore, must mean the lower parts of the sea under which the bulls were. Rather, translate, "the bulls were in the place of (that is, 'by way of'; so the Hebrew, 1Sa 14:9), bases," or supports to the sea [Buxtorf]. So the Septuagint. 2Ki 25:16 omits the "bulls," and has "and the bases"; so Grotius here reads "the bulls (which were) under (the sea) and the bases."

The carrying away of the vessels of the temple is more fully stated than in 2 Kings 25:13-17 . The large brazen articles, the two pillars at the porch (cf. 1 Kings 7:15 .), the bases ( 1 Kings 7:27 .), and the brazen sea ( 1 Kings 7:23 .), which were too vast in their proportions to be easily carried away to Babylon, were broken to pieces by the Chaldeans, who carried off the brass of which they were made. אשׁר לבּית is more correct than אשׁר (Kings), and "all their brass" is more precise than simply "their brass" (Kings). In the enumeration of the smaller brazen vessels used for the temple service, Jeremiah 52:18 , there is omitted, in 2 Kings, ואת־המּזרקות, "and the bowls" (used in sacrifice); this omission is perhaps due merely to an error in transcription. The enumeration of the gold and silver vessels in Jeremiah 52:19 has been much more abbreviated in 2 Kings 25:15 , where only "the fire-pans and the bowls" are mentioned, while in the text here, besides these there are named "the basons," then "the pots (Eng. vers. caldrons), and the candlesticks, and the pans (Eng. vers. spoons), and the cups." For particulars regarding these different vessels, see on 1 Kings 7:40 , 1 Kings 7:45 , 1 Kings 7:50 . In Jeremiah 52:20 , reference is made to the fact that the mass of metal in the vessels that were carried away was without weight.

The same is stated in 2 Kings 25:16 , where, however, there is no mention of the twelve brazen bulls; while in the text of Jeremiah, אשׁר תּחת המּכנות is faulty, and we must read instead, אשׁר תּחתּיו והמּכנות. The assertion of Graf, in his commentary on this verse, and of Thenius on 2 Kings 25:16 , - that the notice regarding the twelve brazen bulls is incorrect, because these were then no longer in Jerusalem (27:19), but had previously been removed by Ahaz from under the brazen sea for Tiglath-pileser, - we have already, under 2 Kings 16:17 , shown to be erroneous. The apposition of כּל־הכּלים to לנחשׁתּם explains the reference of the suffix. In Jeremiah 52:21-23 , the narrator, in order to call attention to the amount of art exhibited on the vessels destroyed by the Chaldeans, gives a brief description of the brazen pillars with their capitals. This description is much shortened in 2 Kings 25:17 , and contains notices completing that which is given of these works of art in 1 Kings 7 . For details, see the passage referred to.

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.