--- title: "Bullinger" description: "Zedekiah. Compare 2 Kings 24:18-20 . Reigned from 489 to 477 B.C. evil. Hebrew. ra" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/jeremiah/52" --- **Zedekiah.** Compare [2 Kings 24:18-20](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/18-20) . Reigned from 489 to 477 B.C. **evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 . **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **ninth year.** Compare [2 Kings 25:1-21](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/1-21) . **the famine.** Described in the Lamentations of Jeremiah. See note on [Genesis 12:10](../../../kjv/genesis/12/10) . **fled, &c.** Compare [2 Kings 25:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/4) . **between the two walls . . . king's garden.** See App-68 . **Biblah.** Now *Ribleh.* On the east bank of the Greekntes, thirty-five miles north-east of Baalbek. **put out the eyes.** See note on [Jeremiah 32:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/4) . Compare [2 Kings 25:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/6) , [2 Kings 25:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/7) . [Ezekiel 12:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/12/13) . Hence, Zedekiah never *saw* Babylon, though he was taken thither. **tenth day.** In [2 Kings 25:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/8) it says "seventh day", but that was "[to] Jerusalem". This is "into Jerusalem". **into** = in. **the poor of the people.** This is supplemental to [2 Kings 25:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/12) . Hebrew. *dal =* impoverished. See note on "poverty", [Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) . Compare [Nehemiah 1:3](../../../kjv/nehemiah/1/3) . **pillars of brass.** Compare [Jeremiah 27:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/19) . **the shovels, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 27:3](../../../kjv/exodus/27/3) , &c). **bowls** = bowls for sprinkling. **firepans** = censers. **candlesticks** = lamps. **under** = beneath. **pillars.** Compare [1 Kings 7:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/15) . [2 Kings 25:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/17) . **cubits.** See App-51 . **chapiter** = capital. **ninety and six.** There were 100 "round about"; Compare [2 Chronicles 3:16](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/3/16) ; [2 Chronicles 4:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/4/13) ; with [1 Kings 7:20](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/20) . **on a side.** Hebrew. *ruach.* See App-9 . = towards the air, or open air. The other four being behind, out of sight. **Seraiah.** See [2 Kings 25:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/18) . [1 Chronicles 6:14](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/14) . Compare [Jeremiah 51:59](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/59) . **door** = threshold. **seven.** In [2 Kings 25:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/19) "five"; but the greater includes the lesser. **land** = soil. **the seventh year.** This was at the beginning of Nebuchadrezzar's second siege, the year before Jehoiachin's captivity, 490 B.C. **the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar** was the second year of his third and last siege, or 478 B.C. **persons** = souls. Hebrew. *nephesh.* **three and twentieth year.** Four years after the fall of Jerusalem. Another contact of Bible and secular chronology, 473 B.C. See App-86 . **seven and thirtieth year.** Compare [2 Kings 25:27-30](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/27-30) . See App-50 . **Jehoiachin.** Elsewhere in this book called "Jeconiah" ([Jeremiah 24:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/24/1) ; [Jeremiah 29:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/29/2) ), or "Coniah" ([Jeremiah 22:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/24) , [Jeremiah 22:28](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/28) ). **five and twentieth.** The order given then, but probably not carried out till the "seven and twentieth", according to [2 Kings 25:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/27) . **Evil-merodach.** The son of Nebuchadnezzar. **lifted up the head** . Hebrew idiom for releasing. Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 40:13](../../../kjv/genesis/40/13) , [Genesis 40:20](../../../kjv/genesis/40/20) ). **kindly unto him** = good things with him. **bread** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Part), for all kinds of food. **until, &c.** Note the items above, which are supplemental to [2 Kings 25](../../../kjv/2-kings/25) . ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/jeremiah/52#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 52"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/jeremiah/52#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/jeremiah/52","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 52","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/jeremiah/52#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Zedekiah. 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