c Which Word is eaſily underſtood, by comparing this and the firſt Verſe, and Jer. 39. 2: and 52. 6. where itis expreſſed. 4d 5. e. For the common ſort of People, who flock'd thither from all parts, upon the Approach of the Babylowzan Army ; but only for the great
en and Soldiers. See of the grievouſneſs, ofthis Famine, Lam.. 19. and Ezek. 5. 10, 12.
4 <4 And thecity was broken up e, and all the men of war fled f by night, by the way of the gate, between two walls g, which is by the kings garden, ( now the Caldees were againſt the city round about ) and ths Zing
h went the way coward the plain z.
e By the Chaldeans, who broke and entred the Gate, Jer. 39. 3. FWhich word is fitly ſupplied out of the parallel place, Jer. 39 4. or out of the following Verb, went away. g Between the outward and inward Wallof the wo by aprivate way, having the advantage of the darkneſs of the night, and poſſibly of ſome Vault under the ground. þ This word alſo is neceſſarily to be underſtood ; partly,by its ſingular, which agrees not with zhe menof war; and pactly out of the next Verſe, where it is expreſſed, 7# Of Jericho, as it follows.
5 Andthearmy of the Caldees purlued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho : and all his army was ſcattered from him.
6 So they cook the king, and brought him up to the + Heb. king of Babylon, to Riblah &, and they + gave judgment Gake judg- upon him Þ}, | ment with k Of which ſee above, 23. 33- and below v 21. where Nebuch- him. adnezzar ſtaid, that he might both ſupply the Beſiegers with more
Men, and Military Proviſions, as their occaſions required ; and have an eye to Chaldea. to prevent or ſupreſs any Commotions which might happen there in the time of his abſence. 1 The Kings Officers appointed thereunto, examined his Cauſe, and paſſed the following Sentence againſt him, :
7 And they ſlew the ſons Zedekiah before his eyes,
+ Heb. and tf put outtheeyesof Zedekiah, and bound him with wade blind. fetters of braſs, and carried him to Babylon .
» Thus two Prophecies werefulfilled, which ſeemed contrary one to the other, that be- ſhould go ro Babylon, Jer. 32. 5. and 34. 3. and that he ſhould never ſee Sabyios : Which ſeeming Contradi&tion, be- cauſe Zedekiahthe Falſe Prophet could not reconcile, he concluded both were falſe, and that Jeremy was a falſe Propher ; and it ſeems Zedekiah the King might ſtumble at this difficulty.
8 © Andin the fifth month, onthe ſeventh day of the *SceChap. Month », ( which &.* the nineteenth year of King 24. 12. & Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon ) came Nebuzar-adan \C5g 24. || captain of the guard, a ſervant of the king of Babylon, A by —_ unto Jeruſalem : ;
xa = Queſt. How doth this agree with Jer- 52. 12! where he is ſaid to come thither on the tenth day ? Anſw. Either he came to Jeruſalem on the Seventh Day, and burnt the.Temple on the renth Day : Or this Sacred Writer ſpeaks of the day of his Departure from Kiblah towards Jeruſalem, and Jeremiah ſpeaks of his coming to Jeruſalem, which was abour three days Journey from Riblah.
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N G S. Chap. Xxy,pF Kings houſe, and al} the houſes of Jeruſalem, and every 4 reat mans houſe burnt he with fire. o Which had now ſtood about 450 Years. : 10 Andall the army of the Caldees that werew:th the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jeruſalem round about, 11 Now the reſt of the people that were left in the City p, and the Þ fugitives that fell away to the king of
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Babylon, with the remnant of the multicude 4, Cid 7 ab! Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away. way, ©
p Whom neither the'Sword nor Famine had deſtroyed, who were 832 Perſons, Fer. 52. 25- being Members and Traders of that City ; For it is likely that there were very many more ofthe Countrey Peo« ple who were fled thither, who were left with others of their Bre« thren to manure the Land, as it here follows. q To wit, of the Inhabitants of the Countrey. | 12 But the captain of the guard left of | the poor of |
the land, 7o be vine-dreſſers and husbanamen. bl Heb. tha 13 And *the * pillars of braſs r that 2yerein the houſe + Chap,
of the LORD, and the * baſes, and the * braſen ſea that 20. 115, | was in the houſe ofthe LORD, did the Caldees break inJ<r: *7. pieces, and carried the braſs of them to Babylon. > K r The Carriage whereof to Babylon was foretold, Jer. 27. 21, 22. = Fog 14 And the pots, and the ſhovels /, and the ſnuf- *.1 Ki, fers, and the ſpoons, and all the veſſels of brafs where- 7. 27. * | with they miniſtred, took they away. "1 Kings | ſ Of theſe and the following words, ſee on Exod. 27. and 1 King: 7: Is 6. and 7. x0d,
15 And the fire-pans, and the bowls, and ſuch things Ic | as were of gold, in gold, and of ſilver, 3» ſilver, the 5o. ©” captain of the guard took away. 16 Thetwo pillars, f one ſea, and the baſes which Solomon had made for the Houſe of che LORD, * the ,j.,,.;, braſs of all theſe Veſſels was without weight. * 1 Kings | 17 * The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, 7-47, | and the chapiter upon it was braſs : and the height of ' us | che chapiter three cubits : and the wreathen-work, and 3 «ai pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brafs : and like unto theſe had the ſecond pillar with wreathen work,
18 4 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief prieſt ;, and * Zephaniah the ſecond prieſt «, and +7... ,y, the three keepers of the + door. 25. | £ The High-Prieſt, Grandſon of that Hilkiah, of whom ch. 22. 4. T Heb» | and Father ot Fehozaadack,who, as it ſeems, was taken with his Father ; *kre|bld, * | and when his Father was lain, v. 21. he was carried away to Babylon, aSit 15 nored, 1 Chron. 6. 13, 14. #u Who was the High-Prieſts De-
puty, when he was hindred from the execution of his Office, ſee on Numb. 3. 32. 2 Sam.$8. 16, 2 Kings 23. 4. |
19 And out of the city he took an ||officer, that was y {et over the men of war, and five men of them that ,,,,;, f were in the kings preſence x, which were found in + Heb. the city, and the || principal ſcribe of the hoſt, which /#» #* muſtered the people of the land, and threeſcore men of *#/* | the people of the land y that were found in the city. ſcrite of th