a Thele were called Pots, 2 Kings 25. 14. e Which wereto remove rhe aſhes from rhe Altar. f Some think that this word 1n this place were better tranſlated Tongs, becauſe he 1s ſpeaking of Inſtruments of Braſs, and that tho!e Urenſils are nor here under- tiood with which they ſnufted rhe Lamps, becauſe they were of Gold, g Or Biſons; 1tis uncertain which is here inrended, there being in che Temple, both Bowls to drinkin, andalſo Bajons to retcave the Blood of the Sacrifices. .*. The word 15 ſuch as may tignifie Ladels, or Cups, or Diſhes.
10 And the baſons, and the || fire-pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candleſticks, anp the ſpoons, and the cups: thar which was of gold cz gold, and char which w.zs of tilver z2 lilver, took the captain of the guard away h.
þ Some of theſe Urenfils were only of Braſs; others, were ſome cf chem Braſs, ſome of Silver, ſome of Gold, the Captain of the guard carried away all,both choſe of Silyer, and thoſe of Gold, and thoſe of Braſs.
29 The two pillars, oneſea, and twelve brazen bulls, that were under the baſes which king Solomon had made in the houſe of the LORD = Þ the braſs of 31l theſe veiſe]s was without weight 7 _
i Solomon made two Pillars, 1 Kings 7. 15+ which Ver, 21. he called Fachin and Boaz, Ver. 23.4 molten $24, ten Cubitrs broad, this Fer, 25, ſtood upon rwelve Oxen, and had ten Baſes, Ver, 25, 27. the making ofall thee rook up a vaſt quantity of Brals, as any one will eaſily judge, who 1 Kings 7.27- readerh the dimenſtons of theſe things, |
21 And concernins the pillars , the height of one pillar was cighteen cubirs, and a F fillet of twelve cu- bits did compaks ir, and the thickneſs thereof was four fingers : zt was hollow &. :
This agreerth with 1 Kings 7. 15. where what is called herea fillet, is1called a thread, concerning the height of the Pillars we read the ſame 2 Kings 25.17. 2 Chron. 3. 15.,
22- And achapiter of braſs was upon it, and the height of one chapiter was five cubits with net-work, and pomegranates upon thechapiters round about; ſall of braſs, the ſecond pillar allo and the pomegranates were like ts theſe.
23 And there were ninety and fix pomegranates on a ſide, and * all the pomegranates upon the net-
work, were an hundred round about /.
| There are ſome differences as to the meaſure of theſeChapiters betwixt 2 Kings 28. 17. and this Text ; here the height of them 15 made to be five Cubirs, there is ſaid to be threefir Cubirs, that which is ſaid co reſolve this difficulty is, That there were three parts in the Chapiter,the Square, the Belly,and the Crown, and that this Text gives an account of the whole z but chat the Text 2K3ngs 25. 17. gives an account only of the Befy and the Crows which were no more than three Cubits. The likke difference there 15 be-
ſcore men of the people of thc land, {ar were found 1n the midlt of the clty 7.
n See 2 Ifings 25. 19. only there is mention hut of fue my. here there is mention of leycn, but probably two of tem were of [els norte, : 6
26 So Nebuzar-adan the ca; tain of the guard took them,and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. j
27 And the king of Babylon ſnote them, and pur them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hur t. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land ».
0 See 2 Kings 2%. 29, 21,
_ 25 Thiszs the people whom Nebuchadrezzar car- ried away captive ; in the ſeventh year, three thou- fand Jevis and three and twenty p. oy Tharis in the time of Jehoiachin, 2 Kings 24. 12, 13, 14. here It 15 faid to be inthe ſeventh year, there in the eighth year,ir might be in part of both. Bur there is a difference in rhe number of thy: captives which ar here ſaid to be 3923, and 2 Kings 24. 14; 16. ſeven thouſand, or eight, Iris thoughe by ſome that the number here mentioued were ſuch as properly belonged to Jud2), and che number mentioned, 2 Kjizgs 24, were the number of che Caprives of Jud41 and Benjamin. See the Engliſh Anntat.
29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jeruſalem eight huudred
30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchad- rezzar, Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard car- ricd away captive of the Jews ſeven hundred, forty and five perſons : all the perſons were four thouſand {11x hundred 7. | r Of this we read nothing in Holy Writ, ſome judge i* ro have been upon occaſion of Ihnae!s killing Ged2/i2h , bur rhis was four Years after the raking of the City, and we are not certain what at this time brought again the Cha{d;zn Forces.
31 Þ Anditcameto paſs ia the ſeven and thirti- eth year of the captivity of Jehoiachia king of [1- dah s, inthe twelfth month, in the five and twenrti- eth day of the month 5, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the f:/# year of his Reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachun ktng of Judah, and brovght him forth out of priſon :. |
s Jeh014ch3n Degan his Reign at erghteen years of Age, 2 Kings 24. 8. and reigned but chree months, bur thar he yielded himſelf to the King of Bavy/on Befieging him, Ver, 12. in the eighth Yeafr of the King of Babvlo?'s Reign. He was a Prifoner in £2- bylon (as appeareth by this Texr) in which circumftances he con- rinued (as appears from this Text) abour thirty Years; which was during the whole Reign of Nebachadrexgar, ſometimes called