2 Kings 25:8-11

8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
9 He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.
10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
11 Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon.

2 Kings 25:8-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 25

In this chapter is an account of the siege, taking, and burning of the city of Jerusalem, and of the carrying captive the king and the inhabitants to Babylon, 2Ki 25:1-12, as also of the pillars and vessels of the temple brought thither, 2Ki 25:13-17 and of the putting to death several of the principal persons of the land, 2Ki 25:18-22, and of the miserable condition of the rest under Gedaliah, whom Ishmael slew, 2Ki 25:23-26, and the chapter, and so the history, is concluded with the kindness Jehoiachin met with from the king of Babylon, after thirty seven years' captivity, 2Ki 25:27-30.

&c.] Of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. From hence to the end of 2Ki 25:7, the account exactly agrees with Jer 52:4-11. 18182-941226-1348-2Ki25.2

Cross References 5

  • 1. Isaiah 60:7; Isaiah 63:15,18; Isaiah 64:11
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 13:16; Nehemiah 1:3; Psalms 74:3-8; Psalms 79:1; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 26:6,18; Lamentations 4:11; Amos 2:5; Micah 3:12
  • 3. Nehemiah 1:3; Jeremiah 50:15
  • 4. S Leviticus 26:44; 2 Kings 24:14
  • 5. S Deuteronomy 28:36; S 2 Kings 24:1
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