9 And he did that which was evil in the ſight of the ja! LORD, according ts all chat his father had done. wn Io Cx*At fnat time the ſervants of Nebuchadnezzar * nn, x3 || king of Babylon came up againſt Jeruſalem», and che 7. | City T was beſieged. NE ORs | m Either, r. Becauſethe People had made Fehojach'n King without his conſent. Or, 2. Becauſe he had ſome notice,or art leaſt a ſaſpicion of his intentions to Rebel againſt him, and-to joyn with Egypt a- gainſt him, as Zedekiah his Succeſſor did But wharſyever was the” Second and Immediate cauſe of it, the chief cauſe was Gods Commands ment, or .the direQion of his Providence, as it was ſaid, v. 3. ; 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came againſt the city, and his ſervants did beſiege ir. . I2 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went-out tothe king of Babylon», he, and his mother, and his ſervants, and his princes, and his || officers, and the king of Ba- yg or, bylon took him in the eighth year of his reign o. ', Eunuchs. 2 i.e. Yielded up himſelf and the Ciry into his hands ; and' this by the Counſel of Jeremiah ,and to his own good. 0 5. e. Of N:buch. aanezzar's Reign ; as appears by comparing this with Chap. 25. 8, and becauſe Jehojachin Rergned not halfa Year, IE 13 * And he carried our thence all the creaſures of * chap: the Houſe of the LORD, and the treaſures of the kings 20. 17+ 4 houſe, and cur in pieces p all this veſſels of gold q which I 39. d. Solomon king of Iſrael had mide r in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had ſaid.
p Or rather, took away, as this word elſewhere ſignifies :. or cut of, ro wit, fromthe Temple. For why ſhould they cur in pieces thoſs Veſſels which might conveniently be carried away ? And that they were not cut in pieces, but reſerved whole, is manifeſt from Ezrs 1; 7. and Dan. F. 2,3. q i-e. The moſt and choiceſt of them, by com= paring this with chap. 25. 14; 15- rSo heexpreſſcrh it, eitherFirſt, becaule theſe Veſle!s were made by the godly Kings of Judah,inſtead of thofe which Solomon made, and ſo they go by his Name ; as the Ship of the Argonauts was {tflI reputed rhe fame Ship, though ir was from time to time recruited with new marerials, until nothing of the old was lefr. Or, Secondly, Becauſe though the City and Temple had been rifled more than vnce borh by the Kings of Ezypr and J/aecl, and by the wicked Kings of Judah ; yet thete Golue Veſſels were preſerved from rhem, either by the care of the Prieſts, who hid them our of the way ; or by the clemency of the Conque= rors, and the reverence which they bare to ſuch ſacred Inſtruments 3 or by the ſpecial providence of God, diſpoſing their hearrs to leave chem. Or, if they had. been taken away. by any of theſe Kings, they mighr afterwards be racovered by the intreaty, or at the Coſt of the godly Kings of Judah.
14 And he carried away all Jeruſalem /; and * all « j,,, | the Princes, .and all the mighty men of valour, ever x; ten thouſand * captives, and all the craftſmen and ſmichs # : none remained ſave the pooreſt ſorc of the people of th -.. 4: * {i. e. The Inhabitants of Jeruſalem 5; Hot ſimply a4, but the beſt I and moſt conſiderable part, as the following words explain and re- ſtrain ir. 5 Which are more patticularly reckoned up,: v. 16. where there are 75000 m:ghty men, and 4 rent fryer and choſe mes#- tioned v, 15. make up the other 2000, « Which might furniſh chem with new Arms, and thereby give him freſh rrouble. 15 And * he carried awdy Jzhoiachin co Babylon, , and the King s mother, and the King's wives, and his.
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|| officers, and the mighty of che land, 7ho/e carried Be # , Chr; into captivity, from Jeruſalem to Babylon. 35. 10. 16 And all the men of might, even ſeven thonſerd, EC b. 2, 6.
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ame to Zedekiahx. ; , x That be might admoniſh him of (what this Name ſignifies) the juftice of God,which had ſo ſeverely Puniſhed Jehojakim for his Rebel- lion; and would noleſs certainly overtake him,if he ſhould be guilty of the ſame Rebellion and Perfidiouſneſs, of which his Predeceſlor
y ilty. es & * Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when | he began to reign, and he reigaed eleven years 1n Jeru- {alem : and his mothers _ was * Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. _
5 And he did that which was evil in the ſight of che LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 For through the anger of the LORD ir came to paſs in Jeruſalem and Judah, until he had caſt them out from his preſence, that Zedekiah rebelled againſt the
Sing of Babylon 7. _ he "<a If Sins were the true Cauſe why God gave them
icked Kings, whom he ſuffer'd to do wickedly, that they might hed ws the a. deſerved,and threatned Puniſhments upon themſelves
and their People.
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ES H 4 P. 33V; eruſalem is beſieged : Tedekiah taken : his Sons Nain : and hs eyes put out,
" down the Wall of the City : carrieth the Remnant, except a few poor Labourers, into Captivity * and much treaſure, 8 17. Slayeth the Nobles at Riblah, 18 21. Gedpliah is made Governour of Judah : he is ſlain : the reſt flee into Egypt, 22——26. Evil-merodach advanceth Fehojakim in hu Court, 27 39.
= itcame to paſs * in the ninth year of his reign, , in the tenth month, in the tenth dy of the month, Jer: 34- & that Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon came, he, and all
his hoſt, againſt Jeruſalem a, and pitched againft it, * and they buile forts againſt it round about 5.
s To chaſtiſe Zedekiah for his Rebellion and Perjury, 2 Chron 36. 13. bPartly to keep all Supplies of Men or Proviſions from entring into the City : And partly, that from thence they might ſhoot Darts, or Arrows, or Stones into the Ciry. :See Jer. 5 2, 4. Ezek. 4.2.& 17.17.
2 And the city was beſieged unto the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
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famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land 2.