And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the 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.
am 3414, bc 590
in the ninth: This according to the computation of Archbishop Usher, was on Thursday, January 30th, am 3414, which was a sabbatical year; wherein they proclaimed liberty to their servants, according to the law, but soon enthralled them again - see Jeremiah 34:8-10. 2 Chronicles 36:17-21, Jeremiah 34:2, Jeremiah 34:3-6, Jeremiah 39:1-10, Jeremiah 52:4, Jeremiah 52:5-11, Ezekiel 24:1, Ezekiel 24:2-14
Nebuchadnezzar: 2 Kings 24:1, 2 Kings 24:10, 1 Chronicles 6:15, Jeremiah 27:8, Jeremiah 32:28, Jeremiah 43:10, Jeremiah 51:34, Ezekiel 26:7, Nebuchadrezzar, Daniel 4:1-18
pitched: Isaiah 29:3, Jeremiah 32:24, Ezekiel 4:1-8, Ezekiel 21:22-24, Luke 19:43, Luke 19:44
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:52 - General 1 Kings 16:17 - besieged Tirzah 2 Kings 6:24 - gathered 2 Kings 17:5 - three years 2 Kings 22:16 - all the words Ezra 4:15 - for which Ezra 5:12 - into the hand Jeremiah 1:3 - unto the end Jeremiah 4:7 - lion Jeremiah 4:17 - keepers Jeremiah 6:3 - they shall Jeremiah 21:2 - for Jeremiah 32:1 - in the Jeremiah 34:1 - when Lamentations 1:17 - commanded Ezekiel 4:6 - forty days Ezekiel 21:14 - let the Ezekiel 21:23 - but Ezekiel 23:23 - Babylonians Ezekiel 40:1 - after Micah 5:1 - he hath
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:10 - was besieged Jeremiah 21:2 - for Jeremiah 32:1 - in the Jeremiah 39:1 - the ninth
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
am 3416, bc 588
the ninth day: Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 52:6, Zechariah 8:19
the famine: Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 28:52, Deuteronomy 28:53, Lamentations 4:4-10, Ezekiel 4:9-17, Ezekiel 5:10, Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 7:15, Ezekiel 14:21
there was no: Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 38:2
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 6:25 - a great famine Isaiah 8:21 - hardly bestead Jeremiah 41:1 - the seventh month
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
the city: This being the ninth day of the fourth month, corresponded to Wednesday, July 27. Jeremiah 5:10, Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 39:3, Jeremiah 52:6, Jeremiah 52:7-11, Ezekiel 33:21
fled: Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 32:24, Deuteronomy 32:25, Deuteronomy 32:30, Jeremiah 39:4-7
and the king: 2 Kings 25:5, Ezekiel 12:12
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:45 - break down Leviticus 26:31 - And I will make 2 Chronicles 32:5 - another wall Ezra 4:15 - for which Psalms 79:1 - the heathen Isaiah 22:3 - thy rulers Isaiah 24:10 - city Jeremiah 4:9 - that the heart Jeremiah 4:29 - shall flee Jeremiah 32:4 - General Jeremiah 34:3 - And thou Jeremiah 38:18 - then Jeremiah 40:7 - all the Jeremiah 42:18 - As mine Jeremiah 44:30 - as I Lamentations 1:15 - trodden Lamentations 4:18 - hunt Ezekiel 12:4 - at even Ezekiel 12:5 - Dig thou Ezekiel 12:14 - I will scatter Ezekiel 17:9 - shall he Amos 4:3 - ye shall go Micah 4:10 - shalt thou Zechariah 8:19 - the fourth
And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
and overtook: Isaiah 30:16, Jeremiah 24:8, Jeremiah 39:5, Jeremiah 52:8, Amos 2:14-16
Reciprocal: Joshua 4:13 - to the plains 2 Kings 25:4 - and the king Jeremiah 21:7 - I will Jeremiah 34:3 - And thou Lamentations 4:18 - hunt Ezekiel 12:13 - and I Ezekiel 12:14 - I will scatter Ezekiel 17:21 - all his fugitives Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
they took: 2 Chronicles 33:11, Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 34:21, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 38:23, Lamentations 4:19, Lamentations 4:20, Ezekiel 17:20, Ezekiel 17:21, Ezekiel 21:25-27
Riblah: 2 Kings 23:33, Jeremiah 52:9
gave judgment upon him: Heb. spake judgment with him
Reciprocal: Numbers 34:11 - Riblah Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee 2 Kings 14:13 - took Amaziah 2 Kings 20:18 - thy sons Isaiah 39:7 - of thy sons Jeremiah 34:3 - and thine Jeremiah 39:5 - Riblah Ezekiel 19:12 - strong Ezekiel 21:26 - Remove Habakkuk 1:10 - scoff Zephaniah 1:8 - the princes
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
they slew: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 44:34, Deuteronomy 28:34, Jeremiah 22:30, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 39:7, Jeremiah 52:10, Jeremiah 52:11
and put out: Heb. and made blind, Thus were fulfilled the apparently contradictory prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekiel - that his eyes should see the king of Babylon, but Babylon he should not see, though he should die there. Jeremiah 32:4, Jeremiah 32:5, Jeremiah 34:3, Ezekiel 12:13-16
bound him: Judges 16:21, 2 Chronicles 33:11, 2 Chronicles 36:6, Psalms 107:10, Psalms 107:11, Psalms 149:8, Ezekiel 7:27, Ezekiel 17:16-20
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee 1 Samuel 31:2 - Saul's sons 2 Kings 17:4 - bound him 1 Chronicles 10:2 - the sons Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Ecclesiastes 4:14 - also Ecclesiastes 8:9 - there is Isaiah 39:7 - of thy sons Jeremiah 20:4 - thine Jeremiah 38:23 - they shall Lamentations 2:9 - her king Ezekiel 19:12 - strong Habakkuk 1:10 - scoff Zephaniah 1:8 - the princes
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
in the fifth month: This answered to Wednesday, August 24; and three days after he reduced the temple to ashes, and carried Judah captive; in the 11th year of Zedekiah; the 19th of Nebuchadnezzar; 424 years, 3 months, and 8 days from the foundation of the temple; 468 years from the beginning of the reign of David; 388 years from the division of the ten tribes; and 134 years from their captivity. Jeremiah 52:12-14, Zechariah 8:19
the nineteenth: 2 Kings 25:27, 2 Kings 24:12
Nebuzaradan: Jeremiah 39:9-14, Jeremiah 40:1-4, Jeremiah 52:12-16, Lamentations 4:12
captain: or, chief marshal
Reciprocal: Genesis 37:36 - captain Ezra 5:12 - into the hand Jeremiah 1:3 - in the fifth Jeremiah 41:1 - the seventh month Zechariah 7:3 - fifth Acts 28:16 - captain
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
he burnt: 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 36:19, Psalms 74:3-7, Psalms 79:1, Isaiah 64:10, Isaiah 64:11, Jeremiah 7:14, Jeremiah 26:9, Lamentations 1:10, Lamentations 2:7, Micah 3:12, Luke 21:5, Luke 21:6, Acts 6:13, Acts 6:14
the king's: Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 37:8, Jeremiah 37:10, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:13, Amos 2:5
Reciprocal: Joshua 6:24 - burnt 1 Kings 9:7 - will I cut Psalms 74:7 - cast fire into thy sanctuary Isaiah 24:10 - city Isaiah 27:9 - when Isaiah 32:14 - the palaces Isaiah 42:25 - and it hath Jeremiah 17:27 - shall devour Jeremiah 32:29 - and set Jeremiah 41:5 - to the Lamentations 2:5 - he hath swallowed up Israel Lamentations 4:1 - How is the gold Ezekiel 7:21 - General Ezekiel 10:2 - scatter Ezekiel 16:41 - burn Ezekiel 22:21 - and blow Amos 6:11 - he will Zechariah 7:3 - fifth
And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
brake: Nehemiah 1:3, Jeremiah 5:10, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:14-23
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 36:19 - brake down Psalms 79:1 - have laid Isaiah 22:5 - breaking Isaiah 24:10 - city Lamentations 4:1 - How is the gold
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
the rest: Jeremiah 15:1, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 39:9, Jeremiah 52:12, Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 12:15, Ezekiel 12:16, Ezekiel 22:15, Ezekiel 22:16
fugitives: Heb. fallen away
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee 2 Kings 18:32 - I come 2 Kings 23:27 - I will remove 2 Chronicles 36:19 - brake down Ezra 2:1 - whom Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah 7:6 - whom Nebuchadnezzar Isaiah 6:12 - the Lord Jeremiah 52:29 - the eighteenth Lamentations 1:3 - gone Ezekiel 17:21 - all his fugitives Obadiah 1:11 - in the day that the Matthew 1:11 - about
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
left of the poor: 2 Kings 24:14, Jeremiah 39:10, Jeremiah 40:7, Jeremiah 52:16, Ezekiel 33:24
Reciprocal: Ezra 5:12 - into the hand Proverbs 13:8 - the poor Ezekiel 5:3 - a few
And 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, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
the: 2 Kings 20:17, 2 Chronicles 36:18, Jeremiah 27:19-22, Jeremiah 52:17-20, Lamentations 1:10
pillars: Exodus 27:3, 1 Kings 7:15, 1 Kings 7:27, 2 Chronicles 4:12, 2 Chronicles 4:13
bases: 1 Kings 7:23-45, 2 Chronicles 4:2-6, 2 Chronicles 4:14-16
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 16:17 - sea 2 Kings 24:13 - and cut 2 Chronicles 4:19 - all the vessels 2 Chronicles 28:24 - cut in pieces Ezra 1:7 - Nebuchadnezzar Isaiah 27:9 - when Isaiah 39:6 - that all Jeremiah 17:3 - I will Jeremiah 20:5 - I will deliver Ezekiel 7:21 - General Joel 3:5 - ye
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
the pots: Exodus 27:3, Exodus 38:3, 1 Kings 7:47-50, 2 Chronicles 4:20-22, 2 Chronicles 24:14
Reciprocal: Exodus 25:38 - the tongs Numbers 4:12 - General Numbers 7:13 - charger Numbers 7:14 - spoon 1 Kings 7:40 - the lavers 2 Chronicles 4:22 - snuffers Ezra 6:5 - which Nebuchadnezzar Jeremiah 52:18 - caldrons
And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
and such things: Exodus 37:23, Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:14, 1 Kings 7:48-51, 2 Chronicles 24:14, Ezra 1:9-11, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:3
Reciprocal: Exodus 27:3 - firepans Numbers 4:12 - General 1 Kings 7:40 - the lavers 2 Kings 14:14 - all the gold Ezra 6:5 - which Nebuchadnezzar
The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
one sea: Heb. the one sea
the brass: 1 Kings 7:47
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:15 - two pillars 1 Kings 7:27 - ten bases 1 Chronicles 22:14 - without weight Jeremiah 52:20 - without
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
one pillar: 1 Kings 7:15, 1 Kings 7:16, Jeremiah 52:21-23
Reciprocal: Exodus 28:14 - of wreathen Exodus 28:33 - pomegranates 1 Kings 7:17 - General 1 Kings 7:18 - General 1 Kings 7:20 - and the pomegranates Jeremiah 27:19 - the pillars
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
captain: 2 Kings 25:24, 2 Kings 25:25, 2 Kings 25:26
Seraiah: 1 Chronicles 6:14, Ezra 7:1, Jeremiah 52:24
Zephaniah: Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 29:25, Jeremiah 29:29
the second priest: Called by the Jews, sagan, who officiated for the high priest in case of any temporary incapacity.
door: Heb. threshold
Reciprocal: Numbers 3:32 - General 2 Kings 12:9 - the priests 1 Chronicles 6:15 - when the Lord 1 Chronicles 9:11 - the ruler 1 Chronicles 12:27 - the leader 1 Chronicles 15:23 - General Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Isaiah 22:3 - thy rulers Jeremiah 20:1 - chief Jeremiah 21:7 - I will Jeremiah 32:2 - then Jeremiah 34:21 - Zedekiah Jeremiah 35:4 - the keeper Jeremiah 52:10 - he slew Lamentations 4:16 - they respected Ezekiel 11:7 - but
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
officer: or, eunuch.
were in the king's presence: Heb. saw the king's face, Esther 1:14
principal: or, scribe of the captain of the host
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 52:25 - an eunuch Ezekiel 11:10 - fall Zephaniah 1:8 - the princes
And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
and brought: Jeremiah 52:26, Jeremiah 52:27, Lamentations 4:16
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 39:9 - Nebuzaradan
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
the king: These men were put to death as accessories to Zedekiah's rebellion; for the king of Babylon had no doubt found that they had counselled him to revolt.
So Judah: 2 Kings 17:20, 2 Kings 23:27, Leviticus 26:33-35, Deuteronomy 4:26, Deuteronomy 28:36, Deuteronomy 28:64, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 24:10, Jeremiah 25:9-11, Ezekiel 12:25-28, Ezekiel 24:14, Amos 5:27
Reciprocal: Joshua 23:13 - until ye perish 1 Kings 8:46 - unto the land 1 Kings 9:7 - will I cut 1 Chronicles 6:15 - when the Lord 1 Chronicles 13:5 - Hemath Isaiah 6:12 - the Lord Jeremiah 13:19 - Judah Jeremiah 17:4 - shalt Jeremiah 52:27 - the king Lamentations 1:3 - gone Zechariah 9:2 - Hamath
And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
the people: Jeremiah 40:5, Jeremiah 40:6-12
Gedaliah: 2 Kings 25:25, Jeremiah 39:14, Jeremiah 41:2
Ahikam: 2 Kings 22:12, 2 Chronicles 34:20, Jeremiah 26:24
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:9 - Shaphan Jeremiah 36:11 - Shaphan Jeremiah 40:7 - all the Ezekiel 8:11 - Shaphan
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethahiah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
And when: Jeremiah 40:7-9, Jeremiah 40:11, Jeremiah 40:12
Mizpah: There were several places of the name of Mizpah, or Mizpeh, and we do not certainly know which of them this was; but it is probable that it was that situated east of Jordan, in the mountains of Gilead - Genesis 31:49, and most contiguous to Babylon; and therefore the most proper for the residence of Gedaliah.
Reciprocal: Joshua 12:5 - unto the Judges 20:1 - in Mizpeh 1 Samuel 7:5 - Mizpeh 1 Chronicles 6:9 - Johanan Jeremiah 36:14 - Nethaniah Jeremiah 40:8 - even Jeremiah 42:1 - Jezaniah Ezekiel 11:1 - Jaazaniah Zechariah 7:5 - seventh
And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
sware to them: 2 Samuel 14:11, 2 Samuel 19:23, Jeremiah 40:9, Jeremiah 40:10, Ezekiel 33:24-29
and it shall be: Jeremiah 40:9, Jeremiah 43:6
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:18 - captain
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
seventh: Zechariah 7:5, Zechariah 8:19
Ishmael: Jeremiah 40:15, Jeremiah 40:16, Jeremiah 41:1-15
royal: Heb. of the kingdom, 2 Kings 11:1
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:45 - break down 2 Kings 25:18 - captain 2 Kings 25:22 - Gedaliah 1 Chronicles 2:41 - Elishama Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Jeremiah 40:8 - even Jeremiah 41:2 - and smote Jeremiah 41:3 - General Jeremiah 41:15 - eight men Jeremiah 41:18 - for they Ezekiel 5:4 - take
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
Jeremiah 41:16-18, Jeremiah 42:14-22, Jeremiah 43:4-7
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:45 - break down Joshua 23:13 - until ye perish 2 Kings 25:18 - captain Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Jeremiah 42:11 - afraid
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
am 3442, bc 562
it came to pass: Jeremiah 24:5, Jeremiah 24:6, Jeremiah 52:31-34
king of Babylon: Proverbs 21:1
lift up the head: Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:20
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:12 - took him 2 Kings 25:8 - the nineteenth 1 Chronicles 3:16 - Jeconiah 2 Chronicles 36:10 - when the year was expired Psalms 3:3 - the Psalms 27:6 - And Ecclesiastes 4:14 - also Jeremiah 22:27 - to the Jeremiah 28:4 - Jeconiah Jeremiah 38:18 - if thou Ezekiel 21:26 - Remove Matthew 1:12 - Jechonias
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
kindly to him: Heb. good things with him
the throne: Jeremiah 27:6-11, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 5:18, Daniel 5:19
And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
changed: 2 Kings 24:12, Genesis 41:14, Genesis 41:42, Esther 4:4, Esther 8:15, Isaiah 61:3, Zechariah 3:4, Luke 15:22
he did eat bread: 2 Samuel 9:7
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 9:10 - shall eat bread
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
a daily rate: Nehemiah 11:23, Nehemiah 12:47, Daniel 1:5, Matthew 6:11, Luke 11:3, Acts 6:1
all the days of his life: Genesis 48:15, Genesis 48:16
Reciprocal: Psalms 80:13 - The boar Proverbs 30:8 - convenient for me Jeremiah 50:17 - this Zechariah 1:18 - four