‏ 2 Kings 24:13-17

he carried 2Kgs 20:17; Isa 39:6; Jer 20:5

and cut 2Kgs 25:13-15; Ezra 1:7-11; Jer 27:16-21, Jer 28:3-4, Jer 28:6; Dan 5:2-3

which Solomon 1Kgs 7:48-50; 2Chr 4:7-22

all That is, all the chief men, the nobles, and the artificers. Among these were 7,000 mighty men, and 1,000 craftsmen and smiths.

Jerusalem 2Chr 36:9-10; Jer 24:1-5, Jer 52:28; Ezek 1:1-2

craftsmen So, 1Sam 23:19-22

the poorest sort 2Kgs 25:12; Jer 39:10, Jer 40:7, Jer 52:16; Ezek 17:14

he carried 2Kgs 24:8; 2Chr 36:10; Esth 2:6; Jer 22:24-28

officers or, eunuchs

seven thousand Jer 29:2, Jer 52:28

the king 2Chr 36:10-11; Jer 37:1, Jer 52:1

his father's brother He was son of Josiah, brother to Jehoiakim, and uncle of Jehoiachin. 1Chr 3:15-16; 2Chr 36:10

changed The change of name was to shew Nebuchadnezzar's supremacy, and that Zedekiah was only his vassal or viceroy. The custom of changing names, we are assured by travellers, still exists in the East. 2Kgs 23:34; 2Chr 36:4

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