2 Kings 25 Footnotes
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25:3 The “fourth month” was Tammuz (June/July). The famine was severe because the Babylonians had interfered with two harvests, living off the land and consuming what was available.
25:8 Nebuchadnezzar’s “nineteenth year” was 586 BC.
25:22 Jr 40:7–48:18 has a much more detailed account of 2Kg 25:22-26. Gedaliah’s grandfather was the scribe for King Josiah (22:3); his father was one of those sent to the Prophetess Huldah (22:14) and who saved the life of Jeremiah the prophet (Jr 26:24).
25:27 “In the year . . . became king” was 561 BC.
25:30 The book of 2 Kings ends on a positive although bittersweet note. Not all is lost, for God’s promises still remain. If we learn anything at all from the history of Israel’s kings, it is that idolatry brings disaster, and obedience to God’s law brings hope.