(29) And changed.—Rather, and he (i.e., Jehoiachin) changed his prison garments—that is to say, he discarded them for others more suitable to his new condition. Joseph did the same when taken from prison to the Egyptian court (Genesis 41:14).He did eat bread continually before him . . .—Jehoiachin became a perpetual guest at the royal table. (Comp. 2 Samuel 9:10-13.) read more
(30) His allowance.—For the maintenance of his little court. Literally, And (as for) his allowance a continual allowance was given him from the king, a day’s portion in its day.All the days of his (Jehoiachin’s) life.—He may have died before Evil-merodach was murdered. There would be nothing strange in this, considering his age and his thirty-seven years of imprisonment.The writer evidently dwells with pleasure on this faint gleam of light amid the darkness of the exile. It was a kind of... read more
GEDALIAHB.C. 5862 Kings 25:22-30"Vedi che son un che piango."- DANTE, "Inferno.""No rather steel thy melting heart To act the martyr s sternest part, To watch with firm, unshrinking eye Thy darling visions as they die, Till all bright hopes and hues of day Have faded into twilight grey."- KEBLEIN deciding that he would not accompany Nebuchadrezzar to Babylon, Jeremiah made the choice of duty. In Chaldaea he would have lived at ease, in plenty, in security, amid universal respect. He might have... read more
3. The Siege of Jerusalem and Judah’s Complete Overthrow CHAPTER 25 1. The last siege and complete overthrow (2 Kings 25:1-21 ; 2 Chronicles 36:17-20 ) 2. Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:22-26 ) 3. Jehoiachin’s captivity and release (2 Kings 25:27-30 ) Zedekiah’s rebellion was a great offence. He had sworn in Jehovah’s name to be loyal to Nebuchadnezzar (2 Chronicles 36:13 ; Ezekiel 17:13 ). We find more light thrown upon this king and his rebellion in the book of Jeremiah. Ambassadors from Edom,... read more
25:27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of {n} Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;(n) This long were he, his wife and his children in Babylon, whom Nebuchadnezzar’s son after his father’s death preferred to honour: thus by God’s providence the seed of David was... read more
25:30 And his {o} allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.(o) Meaning, that he had standing in the court. read more
THE TOTAL CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH (vv.1-21) In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign Nebuchadnezzar came and besieged Jerusalem, building a wall around it. Jeremiah told Zedekiah, by the word of the Lord, that if he would surrender to the king of Babylon, he would live and the city would not be burned with fire, but if he would not surrender the city would be burned and he (Zedekiah) would not escape (Jeremiah 38:17-18), but because of Zedekiah's fear of the Jews he would not surrender. The siege... read more
THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY THE LAST OF THE KINGS (2 Kings 24:0 ) In the previous lesson we left Judah tributary to Egypt, which had been victorious at Megiddo. This lasted five years, when Babylon, now master of her old-time enemy Assyria, and eager to cross swords with Egypt for world-supremacy, came up against her, and compelled allegiance. After three years Jehoiakim revolted (2 Kings 24:1 ), and for the remainder of his reign was harassed by bands of enemies (2 Kings 24:2 ) perhaps... read more
2 Kings 25:0 1. And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of that month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. 2. And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. [The siege lasted one year, five months, and twenty-seven days.] 3. And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed [reached a climax] in the... read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 25:28
(28) Set his throne above the throne of the kings . . .—Gave him precedence of the other captive kings who were kept at the Babylonian court by way of enhancing its glory (comp. Judges 1:7), and probably marked this precedence by allowing him a higher chair of state in the royal hall. So Cyrus kept Croesus king of Lydia at his court (Herod, i. 88). We may remember also the chivalrous behaviour of our own Black Prince towards his royal captive John of France. read more