Jeremiah 52

Jeremiah 52:1

ZEdekiah was one and twentie yeer old, &c.] 2 Kings 24:18. 2 Chron. 36. 11.

when he began to reign] Heb. reigned. as 2 Kings 21:1. and 2 Kings 22:1.

Jeremiah 52:3

through the anger of the LORD it came to passe, &c.] Thus God punished sinne by sinne; giving him up to his rebellious heart, to be led and swayed by it, untill he brought the enemy in upon him, who led both him and his people away captive. vers. 9. 15. Ezek. 17. 15, 16.

Jeremiah 52:4

in the ninth yeer of his reign] 2 Kings 25:1. Chap. 39. 1.

in the tenth moneth] Hence arose the fast of the tenth moneth, observed during the time of the captivitie; Zechariah 8:19. because in that moneth began the siege of the citie.

Jeremiah 52:6

in the fourth moneth] This occasioned the fourth moneths fast; Zechariah 8:19. because in that moneth the citie was surprised and sacked.

so that there was no bread] Chap. 38 9.

Jeremiah 52:7

the citie was broken up] The gates being broken open; and the wals battered or scaled. Chap. 39. 2, 3.

the gate between the two walls,] Of this gate, see Chap. 39. 4.

where was by the kings garden] Or, were: to wit, walls.

Jeremiah 52:9

carried him up unto the king of Babylon] Or, brought him unto him. Chap. 39. 5.

where he gave judgement upon him] Heb. spake with him judgements. Chap. 4. 12. & 39. 5.

Jeremiah 52:10

the king of Babylon slew the sonnes of Zedekiah] Caused them to be slain. as 1 Kings 19:17. Chap. 39. 6. so after here, and vers. 11.

Jeremiah 52:11

he put out the eyes of Zedekiah] Heb. blinded. Chap. 39. 7.

bound him in chains] Or, fetters of brasse. Lamentations 3:7.

put him in prison] Heb. house of the wards. Ezekiel 44:11.

till the day of his death] Where he remained, untill he died. Ezekiel 17:16.

Jeremiah 52:12

in the fifth moneth] Hence came the fift moneths fast, mentioned Zechariah 7:3. & Zechariah 8:19. because in that moneth the Temple was burnt.

in the tenth day of the moneth] In 2 Kings 25:8. it is said, on the seventh day. Either because the fire was begun on the seventh day; and so continued to the tenth: or, because he came to Jerusalem on the seventh day, but set not the Temple on fire untill the tenth.

the nineteenth yeere of Nebuchadrezzar] See Chap. 25. 1. and 32. 1.

captain of the guard] Or, chief marshall. Heb. chief of the executioners, or slaughter-men: and so vers. 14. &c.

which served the king of Babylon] Heb. stood before him. 1 Kings 10:8. & 1 Kings 3:1. 2 Kings 25:8. Proverbs 22:29.

Jeremiah 52:13

and all the houses of the great men burnt he with fire] Or, even all the great (that is, the noble and rich, as Genesis 24:35. & Genesis 26:13. Chap. 41. 1.) mens houses he burnt; sparing onely the houses of the meaner sort, who were left to husband the land. vers. 16. as Chap. 35. 15.

Jeremiah 52:15

the rest of the multitude] Heb. Amon. as Chap. 46. 25.

Jeremiah 52:17

Also, &c.] 2 Kings 25:13.

the pillars of brasse that were in the house of the LORD] As the Prophet had foretold, that it should be. Chap. 27. 19, 22. See 1 Kings 7:15.

the bases] 1 Kings 7:27.

the brasen sea] 1 Kings 7:23.

Jeremiah 52:18

The caldrons, &c.] Exodus 27:3. 1 Kings 7:45.

the shovels] Or, instruments to remove the ashes.

the bowls] Or, basons.

Jeremiah 52:19

the basons, &c.] 1 Kings 7:50.

the fire-pans] Or, censers.

Jeremiah 52:20

The two pillars, &c.] Vers. 17.

the brasse] Heb. their brasse.

was without weight] The quantitie of it was so great, as could not well, or easily be weighed, or that they regarded not, or would not stand to weigh it, 1 Kings 7:47. 1 Chronicles 22:3; 1 Chronicles 22:14. 2 Chronicles 4:18.

Jeremiah 52:21

the pillars, &c.] 1 Kings 7:15. 2 Kings 25:17. 2 Chron. 3. 15.

a fillet] Heb. threed. 1 Kings 7:15. Genesis 14:23.

Jeremiah 52:22

with net-work] Or, wriethed-work. 1 Kings 7:17. 2 Samuel 18:9.

pomegranates upon the chapiters round about] Heb. wind-ward. Toward the foure winds, or quarters of the world, Chap. 49. 36. Whence it may be gathered, that the borders, on which these ninetie six pomegranates were engraved, were square; and they stood twenty and foure on each side: to which number the foure corner ones being added, do make up an hundred. vers. 23.

Jeremiah 52:24

And the captain of the guard, &c.] 2 Kings 25:18.

Zephaniah] Chap. 21. 1. & 29. 25.

the second prist] Who was next in place to the chief-priest; and upon extraordinarie occurrents disabling or restraining him, supplied his place, Chap. 20. 1. 1 Chronicles 5:12. 2 Kings 23:4.

keepers of the doore] Heb. threshold. Chap. 35. 4.

Jeremiah 52:25

an eunuch] Or, officer. Genesis 39:1.

seven men of them] They are said to be five, 2 Kings 25:19. which five, it may be, were of more speciall note then the other two, therefore not reckoned, because of lesse account: or else, the two named here apart go to make up the seven.

that were neare the kings person] Heb. saw the face of the king. that is, attended constantly upon him, Matthew 18:10.

which were found in the citie] Or, were abiding there. as Esther 1:5.

the principall scribe of the host] Or, the scribe of the 〈…〉ain of the host.

that were found in the midst of the citie] Or, were in the citie. as Chap. 41. 3. Ezekiel 3:24.

Jeremiah 52:27

smote them] Vers. 10.

Jeremiah 52:28

in the seventh yeer] In the latter end of his seventh, about the beginning of his eighth yeer, when he carried Jehoiachin away captive, 2 Kings 24:12. so vers. 29. See the like, 1 King. 15. 25, 28. and on Chap. 25. 1.

Jeremiah 52:29

In the eighteenth yeer] Expiring; and the nineteenth then entering. vers. 12.

from Jerusalem eight hundred thirtie and two persons] So many out of Jerusalem: for in all, out of other places also, there were ten thousand then carried away captive, 2 Kings 24:16.

persons] Heb. souls. Exodus 1:5. Chap. 43. 6. So after again, vers. 30.

Jeremiah 52:30

In the three and twentieth yeer] After the murder of Gedaliah, Chap. 41. 2.

Jeremiah 52:31

And it came to passe, &c.] 2 Kings 25:27.

in the five and twentieth day of the moneth] On this day he gave order for it to be done: though it were not put in execution untill two dayes after, 2 Kings 25:27.

Evilmerodach king of Babylon] Succeeding Nebuchadnezzar. See Chap. 25. 11. & 27. 7.

lifted up the head of Jehoiachin] Took speciall notice of him, Genesis 40:13; Genesis 40:20. and withall restored him to his libertie, and to some degree of honour.

brought him forth out of prison] Heb. the house of restraint. Chap. 37. 15. So vers. 33.

Jeremiah 52:32

spake kindly unto him] Heb. spake good things with him. Chap. 12. 6.

Jeremiah 52:33

changed his prison garments] Gave him princely apparel, in stead of that which before he ware, Gen. 41. 14, 42.

he did continually eat bread before him] At his table, 2 Samuel 9:7.

Jeremiah 52:34

there was a continuall diet given him of the king] He had a cōstant set allowance in the court. Which kind usage some ascribe to his voluntarie rendring of himself to Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Kings 24:12. Yet, it seemeth, he found no such favour with him: and what he then did, being but young, might be done rather by his mothers direction. But thus God made good, what the Psalmist acknowledgeth, by giving him, and some other of his people, favour in the eyes of those, with whom they were captives, Chap. 15. 11. Daniel 1:9. & 2. 48, 49. & 3. 30. & 6. 2, 28. Nehem. 1. 12. and 2. 8.

every day a portion] Heb. the matter (or, word, as Chap. 38. 27.) of the day in his day. Exodus 5:13.