1.

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

am 3406-3416, bc 598-588
one: 2 Kings 24:18, 2 Chronicles 36:11
began to reign: Heb. reigned
Libnah: Joshua 10:29, Joshua 15:42
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:17 - the king 2 Chronicles 36:17 - the king Ezra 2:1 - whom Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah 7:6 - whom Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Jeremiah 1:12 - I will Jeremiah 21:1 - when Jeremiah 50:17 - this Ezekiel 36:3 - they have made Ezekiel 40:1 - after Habakkuk 1:17 - and

2.

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

he did: 1 Kings 14:22, 2 Kings 24:19, 2 Kings 24:20, 2 Chronicles 36:12, 2 Chronicles 36:13, Ezekiel 17:16-20, Ezekiel 21:25
according: Jeremiah 26:21-23, Jeremiah 36:21-23, Jeremiah 36:29-31
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 24:8 - So will

3.

For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

through: 2 Samuel 24:1, 1 Kings 10:9, Proverbs 28:2, Ecclesiastes 10:16, Isaiah 3:4, Isaiah 3:5, Isaiah 19:4
Zedekiah: 2 Chronicles 36:13, Ezekiel 17:15-21
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:16 - went Ezra 4:12 - rebellious Ezra 4:15 - for which Isaiah 36:5 - that Jeremiah 7:15 - I will Jeremiah 15:1 - cast Jeremiah 21:2 - for Jeremiah 23:39 - cast Jeremiah 27:8 - that nation Ezekiel 19:14 - fire Ezekiel 21:23 - but

4.

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.

am 3414, bc 590
the ninth year: Jeremiah 39:1, 2 Kings 25:1-27, Ezekiel 24:1, Ezekiel 24:2
in the tenth month: Zechariah 8:19
pitched: Jeremiah 52:7, Jeremiah 6:3-6, Jeremiah 32:24, Leviticus 26:25, Deuteronomy 28:52-57, Isaiah 29:3, Isaiah 42:24, Isaiah 42:25, Ezekiel 4:1-7, Ezekiel 21:22, Luke 19:43, Luke 21:20
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:5 - three years Isaiah 42:22 - a people Jeremiah 32:1 - in the Jeremiah 34:1 - when Jeremiah 42:18 - As mine Ezekiel 4:2 - lay Ezekiel 17:17 - by Ezekiel 26:8 - he shall make Ezekiel 33:21 - The city Daniel 11:15 - cast up Micah 4:11 - many Habakkuk 1:10 - they shall deride

5.

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:5 - three years 2 Kings 25:1 - in the ninth Jeremiah 32:1 - in the Ezekiel 31:1 - in the eleventh

6.

And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

am 3416, bc 588
the fourth: Jeremiah 39:2, 2 Kings 25:3, Zechariah 8:19
the famine: Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 19:9, Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 25:10, Jeremiah 38:9, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 28:52, Deuteronomy 28:53, Deuteronomy 32:24, Isaiah 3:1, Lamentations 4:4-6, Lamentations 5:10, Ezekiel 4:9-17, Ezekiel 5:10-12, Ezekiel 7:15, Ezekiel 14:21
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:55 - in the siege 2 Kings 6:25 - a great famine 2 Kings 25:4 - the city Isaiah 8:21 - hardly bestead Isaiah 22:2 - thy slain Jeremiah 14:18 - go forth Jeremiah 29:17 - Behold Jeremiah 32:24 - because Jeremiah 37:21 - until Jeremiah 41:1 - the seventh month Lamentations 1:11 - seek Ezekiel 31:1 - in the eleventh

7.

Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

the city: Jeremiah 34:2, Jeremiah 34:3, 2 Kings 25:4
all the men: Jeremiah 39:4-7, Jeremiah 49:26, Jeremiah 51:32, Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 32:30, Joshua 7:8-12
Reciprocal: Psalms 80:13 - The boar Isaiah 24:10 - city Isaiah 30:16 - for we will Jeremiah 4:9 - that the heart Jeremiah 4:29 - shall flee Jeremiah 14:18 - go forth Jeremiah 20:5 - I will deliver Jeremiah 34:22 - shall fight Jeremiah 38:18 - then Jeremiah 39:2 - was Jeremiah 52:4 - pitched Lamentations 1:6 - her princes Lamentations 4:18 - hunt Ezekiel 12:4 - at even Ezekiel 17:9 - shall he Zechariah 8:19 - the fourth

8.

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 32:4, Jeremiah 34:21, Jeremiah 37:18, Jeremiah 38:23, Jeremiah 39:5, Isaiah 30:16, Isaiah 30:17, Lamentations 4:19, Lamentations 4:20, Ezekiel 12:12-14, Ezekiel 17:20, Ezekiel 17:21, Amos 2:14, Amos 2:15, Amos 9:1-4
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee Joshua 4:13 - to the plains 2 Kings 25:5 - and overtook Jeremiah 25:35 - nor Jeremiah 44:30 - as I Lamentations 1:3 - all Lamentations 1:6 - all Lamentations 2:9 - her king Ezekiel 7:27 - king Ezekiel 12:13 - and I

9.

Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

they took: Jeremiah 32:4, Jeremiah 32:5, 2 Chronicles 33:11, Ezekiel 21:25-27
Riblah: Jeremiah 39:5, 2 Kings 23:33, 2 Kings 25:6
Hamath: Numbers 13:21, Joshua 13:5, 1 Kings 8:65, 2 Chronicles 8:3
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 52:27 - Riblah Lamentations 2:9 - her king Ezekiel 11:10 - fall Ezekiel 21:26 - Remove Ezekiel 34:10 - and cause Habakkuk 1:7 - their judgment

10.

And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

slew: Jeremiah 22:30, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 39:7, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 44:34, Deuteronomy 28:34, 2 Kings 25:7
he slew: Jeremiah 52:24-27, 2 Kings 25:18-21, Ezekiel 9:6, Ezekiel 11:7-11
Reciprocal: Numbers 34:11 - Riblah 2 Kings 23:33 - Riblah Jeremiah 34:3 - and thine Jeremiah 34:21 - Zedekiah Jeremiah 43:6 - the king's Lamentations 5:12 - General Ezekiel 11:10 - fall Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Ezekiel 24:5 - the choice Ezekiel 24:25 - their sons

11.

Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

put out the eyes of Zedekiah: Heb. blinded Zedekiah, Jeremiah 34:3-5, Ezekiel 12:13
chains: or, fetters
prison: Heb. house of the wards
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:34 - lest 2 Kings 25:7 - they slew Jeremiah 39:7 - he put Lamentations 1:6 - all Lamentations 2:6 - the king Lamentations 5:12 - General Ezekiel 17:16 - even Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Matthew 1:11 - about

12.

Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

fifth: 2 Kings 25:8, Zechariah 7:3-5, Zechariah 8:19
the tenth: It appears from the parallel passage of Kings, that Nebuzar-adan came from Riblah to Jerusalem on the seventh of the fifth month; but it seems that he did not set fire to the temple and city till the tenth day, being probably occupied on the intervening days in taking the vessels out of the house of the Lord, and collecting together all the riches that could be found. In memory of this calamity, the Jews devote two fasts to this day; the seventeenth of the fourth month, which falls in June, for the destruction of Jerusalem, and the ninth of the fifth month, which falls in July, for the destruction of the temple; both of which are mentioned by Zechariah as kept from this event till his time, a period of seventy years, under the names of the fast of the fourth month, and fast of the fifth month.
the nineteenth: Jeremiah 52:29, 2 Kings 24:12, 2 Kings 25:8
captain of the guard: or, chief marshal, Heb. chief of the executioners, or slaughtermen, and so, Jeremiah 52:14, Jeremiah 39:9, Genesis 37:36,*marg.
served: Heb. stood before
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:11 - the rest 1 Chronicles 6:15 - when the Lord Psalms 80:13 - The boar Jeremiah 1:3 - in the fifth Jeremiah 52:24 - the captain Daniel 2:14 - captain of the king's guard

13.

And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

burned: Jeremiah 7:14, 2 Kings 25:9, 2 Chronicles 36:19, Psalms 74:6-8, Psalms 79:1, Isaiah 64:10, Isaiah 64:11, Lamentations 2:7, Ezekiel 7:20-22, Ezekiel 24:21, Micah 3:12, Zechariah 11:1, Matthew 24:2, Acts 6:13, Acts 6:14
the king's: Jeremiah 22:14, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 37:8-10, Jeremiah 38:23, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 39:9, Ezekiel 24:1-14, Amos 2:5, Amos 3:10, Amos 3:11, Amos 6:11
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:45 - break down Leviticus 26:31 - and bring 1 Kings 9:7 - this house Psalms 74:3 - all Isaiah 24:10 - city Jeremiah 6:5 - let us destroy Jeremiah 17:27 - shall devour Jeremiah 21:10 - it shall Jeremiah 21:14 - shall Jeremiah 32:29 - and set Jeremiah 51:51 - for strangers Lamentations 1:6 - all Lamentations 1:10 - seen Lamentations 2:5 - he hath swallowed up Israel Lamentations 4:1 - the stones Lamentations 5:18 - of the Ezekiel 7:21 - General Ezekiel 16:41 - burn Ezekiel 23:47 - and burn Ezekiel 24:11 - set it Haggai 1:4 - and

14.

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

brake: 2 Kings 25:10, Nehemiah 1:3
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:1 - carried 2 Chronicles 36:19 - brake down Isaiah 24:10 - city Jeremiah 39:8 - and brake Jeremiah 52:12 - captain of the guard Lamentations 2:9 - gates Daniel 2:14 - captain of the king's guard

15.

Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

carried: Jeremiah 15:1, Jeremiah 15:2, Zechariah 14:2
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:1 - carried 2 Chronicles 36:19 - brake down Jeremiah 1:3 - in the fifth Jeremiah 17:3 - I will Jeremiah 52:24 - the captain Jeremiah 52:30 - carried Lamentations 1:3 - gone Ezekiel 12:11 - remove and go

16.

But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

certain: Jeremiah 39:9, Jeremiah 39:10, Jeremiah 40:5-7, 2 Kings 25:12, Ezekiel 33:24
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:14 - the poorest sort Ezekiel 5:3 - a few

17.

Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

pillars: Jeremiah 52:21-23, Jeremiah 27:19-22, 1 Kings 7:15-22, 1 Kings 7:27, 1 Kings 7:50, 2 Kings 25:13-17, 2 Chronicles 4:12, 2 Chronicles 4:13, 2 Chronicles 36:18, Lamentations 1:10, Daniel 1:2
the bases: 1 Kings 7:23-26, 2 Chronicles 4:14, 2 Chronicles 4:15
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 20:17 - shall be carried 1 Chronicles 18:8 - wherewith Isaiah 39:6 - that all Jeremiah 27:22 - carried Jeremiah 52:20 - two Ezekiel 40:49 - pillars

18.

The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

caldrons: Exodus 27:3, Exodus 38:3, 2 Kings 25:14-16, Ezekiel 46:20-24
the shovels: or, instruments to remove the ashes, Numbers 4:14, 1 Kings 7:40, 1 Kings 7:45, 2 Chronicles 4:11, 2 Chronicles 4:16
the snuffers: Exodus 37:23, 2 Chronicles 4:22
bowls: or, basons, Exodus 25:29, Exodus 37:16, Numbers 4:7, Numbers 4:14, 1 Kings 7:50, 1 Chronicles 28:17, 2 Chronicles 4:8, Ezra 1:10
the spoons: Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:14, Numbers 7:19, Numbers 7:20, Numbers 7:26, Numbers 7:32, Numbers 7:38, Numbers 7:44, Numbers 7:50, Numbers 7:56, 2 Chronicles 24:14
Reciprocal: Exodus 25:38 - the tongs 2 Chronicles 4:19 - all the vessels Jeremiah 21:4 - Behold

19.

And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.

fire pans, or, censers, Leviticus 26:12, Numbers 16:46, Revelation 8:3-5
and the candlesticks: Exodus 25:31-39, 1 Kings 7:49, 2 Chronicles 4:6-22
Reciprocal: Exodus 25:29 - the Exodus 27:3 - firepans Exodus 37:16 - dishes Leviticus 24:4 - the pure Numbers 7:13 - charger 1 Kings 7:40 - the lavers 2 Chronicles 4:8 - basins 2 Chronicles 4:19 - all the vessels Ezra 5:14 - the vessels Ezra 6:5 - which Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah 7:70 - basins Daniel 5:2 - the golden Zechariah 4:2 - a candlestick

20.

The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

two: Jeremiah 52:17
the brass: Heb. their brass
without: 1 Kings 7:47, 2 Kings 25:16, 1 Chronicles 22:14, 2 Chronicles 4:18
Reciprocal: Exodus 27:3 - firepans 1 Kings 7:23 - a molten sea 1 Kings 7:25 - General 1 Kings 7:27 - ten bases 2 Kings 16:17 - sea 1 Chronicles 22:3 - without weight 2 Chronicles 3:15 - two pillars

21.

And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

concerning: 1 Kings 7:15-21, 2 Kings 25:17, 2 Chronicles 3:15-17
fillet: Heb. thread
Reciprocal: Exodus 27:10 - fillets shall be of silver 1 Kings 7:26 - an hand breadth Jeremiah 52:17 - pillars

22.

And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.

with network: Exodus 28:14-22, Exodus 28:25, Exodus 39:15-18, 1 Kings 7:17, 2 Chronicles 3:15, 2 Chronicles 4:12, 2 Chronicles 4:13
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:20 - and the pomegranates

23.

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

all the: 1 Kings 7:20
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 4:13 - four hundred

24.

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

the captain: Jeremiah 52:12, Jeremiah 52:15, 2 Kings 25:18
Seraiah: 1 Chronicles 6:14, Ezra 7:1
Zephaniah: Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 29:25, Jeremiah 29:29, Jeremiah 37:3, 2 Kings 25:18
door: Heb. threshold, Jeremiah 35:4, 1 Chronicles 9:19-26, Psalms 84:10, *marg.
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:9 - the priests Isaiah 22:3 - thy rulers Isaiah 24:2 - as with the people Jeremiah 21:7 - I will Jeremiah 25:35 - nor Jeremiah 34:21 - Zedekiah Jeremiah 52:10 - he slew Ezekiel 11:7 - but Ezekiel 11:10 - fall Ezekiel 24:5 - the choice Ezekiel 34:10 - and cause

25.

He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

an eunuch: 2 Kings 25:19
were near the king's person: Heb. saw the face of the king, Esther 1:14, Matthew 18:10
principal scribe of the host: or, scribe of the captain of the host
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 36:10 - the scribe Lamentations 5:12 - General Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Habakkuk 1:7 - their judgment

26.

So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

Reciprocal: Numbers 34:11 - Riblah 2 Kings 23:33 - Riblah 2 Kings 25:20 - and brought Jeremiah 39:5 - Riblah Jeremiah 39:9 - Nebuzaradan

27.

And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

the king: Jeremiah 6:13-15, 2 Kings 25:20, 2 Kings 25:21, Ezekiel 8:11-18, Ezekiel 11:1-11
Riblah: Jeremiah 52:9, Numbers 34:8-11, 2 Samuel 8:9
Thus: Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 24:10, Jeremiah 25:9-11, Jeremiah 39:10, Leviticus 26:33-35, Deuteronomy 4:26, Deuteronomy 28:36, Deuteronomy 28:64, 2 Kings 17:20, 2 Kings 17:23, 2 Kings 23:27, 2 Kings 25:21, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 6:12, Isaiah 24:3, Isaiah 27:10, Isaiah 32:13, Isaiah 32:14, Ezekiel 33:28, Micah 4:10
Reciprocal: Numbers 34:11 - Riblah 2 Kings 23:33 - Riblah Jeremiah 13:19 - Judah Jeremiah 15:14 - pass Jeremiah 39:5 - Riblah Lamentations 1:3 - gone Lamentations 1:5 - her children Ezekiel 14:22 - therein Ezekiel 19:13 - she is

28.

This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

am 3404, bc 600
in the: 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Kings 24:3, 2 Kings 24:12-16, Daniel 1:1-3
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:62 - few in number 2 Kings 24:14 - Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:16 - seven thousand 1 Chronicles 6:15 - when the Lord Isaiah 6:12 - the Lord Jeremiah 6:9 - They shall Jeremiah 39:9 - carried Ezekiel 12:11 - remove and go Obadiah 1:11 - in the day that the Matthew 1:11 - about

29.

In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:

am 3415, bc 589
the eighteenth: Jeremiah 52:12, Jeremiah 39:9, 2 Kings 25:11, 2 Chronicles 36:20
persons: Heb. souls, Genesis 12:5, Exodus 1:5

30.

In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

carried: Jeremiah 52:15, Jeremiah 6:9
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 4:5 - three Ezekiel 4:6 - forty days Ezekiel 5:4 - take Zechariah 7:14 - the land

31.

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

am 3442, bc 562
it came: 2 Kings 25:27-30
in the twelfth: Nearly answering to our 25th of April, am 3442.
king of Babylon: Proverbs 21:1
lifted up: This phrase is founded on the observation that those in sorrow hold down their heads; and, when comforted, or the cause of their sorrow removed, they lift up their heads. Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:20, Job 22:29, Psalms 3:3, Psalms 27:6
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:12 - took him Job 12:18 - General Psalms 107:14 - brake Psalms 107:41 - setteth Psalms 110:7 - lift Isaiah 42:22 - are hid Jeremiah 22:27 - to the Jeremiah 27:7 - all Jeremiah 28:4 - Jeconiah Jeremiah 37:1 - Coniah Jeremiah 40:5 - gave him Jeremiah 50:2 - Merodach Ezekiel 17:12 - and led Ezekiel 21:26 - Remove Habakkuk 3:2 - in the

32.

And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

kindly unto him: Heb. good things with him, Proverbs 12:25
set: Gave him a more respectable seat than any of the captive princes. Jeremiah 27:6-11, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 5:18, Daniel 5:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:14 - he shaved Ezekiel 26:7 - a king

33.

And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.

changed: Presented him with a caftan, or robe, as a mark of favour, as is still the practice in the East. Genesis 41:14, Genesis 41:42, Psalms 30:11, Isaiah 61:1-3, Zechariah 3:4
he did: 2 Samuel 9:7, 2 Samuel 9:13, 1 Kings 2:7

34.

And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

there was: 2 Samuel 9:10, Matthew 6:11
every day a portion: Heb. the matter of the day in his day, Luke 11:3
Reciprocal: Ezra 3:4 - as the duty of every day required Proverbs 30:8 - convenient for me Ecclesiastes 5:18 - it is his Jeremiah 9:26 - Egypt