2 Kings 25:18-21

18 Then the captain of the guard took 1Seraiah the chief priest and 2Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple.
19 From the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and 3five of the king's advisers * who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
20 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at 4Riblah.
21 Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. 5So Judah was led away into exile from its land.

2 Kings 25:18-21 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. 1 Chronicles 6:14; Ezra 7:1
  • 2. Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25, 29
  • 3. Esther 1:14
  • 4. 2 Kings 23:33
  • 5. Deuteronomy 28:64; 2 Kings 23:27

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Lit "keepers of the door"
  • [b]. Lit "men of those seeing the king's face"
  • [c]. Or "scribe, a captain"
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