Jeremiah 52

Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah. Compare 2 Kings 24:18-20. Reigned from 489 to 477 B.C.

Jeremiah 52:2

evil. Hebrew. ra’a’. App-44.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Jeremiah 52:4

ninth year. Compare 2 Kings 25:1-21.

Jeremiah 52:6

the famine. Described in the Lamentations of Jeremiah. See note on Genesis 12:10.

Jeremiah 52:7

fled, &c. Compare 2 Kings 25:4.

between the two walls . . . king’s garden. See App-68.

Jeremiah 52:9

Biblah. Now Ribleh. On the east bank of the Greekntes, thirty-five miles north-east of Baalbek.

Jeremiah 52:11

put out the eyes. See note on Jeremiah 32:4. Compare 2 Kings 25:6, 2 Kings 25:7. Ezekiel 12:13. Hence, Zedekiah never saw Babylon, though he was taken thither.

Jeremiah 52:12

tenth day. In 2 Kings 25:8 it says “seventh day”, but that was “[to] Jerusalem”. This is “into Jerusalem”.

into = in.

Jeremiah 52:15

the poor of the people. This is supplemental to 2 Kings 25:12. Hebrew. dal = impoverished. See note on “poverty”, Proverbs 6:11. Compare Nehemiah 1:3.

Jeremiah 52:17

pillars of brass. Compare Jeremiah 27:19.

Jeremiah 52:18

the shovels, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 27:3, &c).

bowls = bowls for sprinkling.

Jeremiah 52:19

firepans = censers.

candlesticks = lamps.

Jeremiah 52:20

under = beneath.

Jeremiah 52:21

pillars. Compare 1 Kings 7:15. 2 Kings 25:17.

cubits. See App-51.

Jeremiah 52:22

chapiter = capital.

Jeremiah 52:23

ninety and six. There were 100 “round about”; Compare 2 Chronicles 3:16; 2 Chronicles 4:13; with 1 Kings 7:20.

on a side. Hebrew. ruach. See App-9. = towards the air, or open air. The other four being behind, out of sight.

Jeremiah 52:24

Seraiah. See 2 Kings 25:18. 1 Chronicles 6:14. Compare Jeremiah 51:59.

door = threshold.

Jeremiah 52:25

seven. In 2 Kings 25:19 “five”; but the greater includes the lesser.

Jeremiah 52:27

land = soil.

Jeremiah 52:28

the seventh year. This was at the beginning of Nebuchadrezzar’s second siege, the year before Jehoiachin’s captivity, 490 B.C.

Jeremiah 52:29

the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar was the second year of his third and last siege, or 478 B.C.

persons = souls. Hebrew. nephesh.

Jeremiah 52:30

three and twentieth year. Four years after the fall of Jerusalem. Another contact of Bible and secular chronology, 473 B.C. See App-86.

Jeremiah 52:31

seven and thirtieth year. Compare 2 Kings 25:27-30. See App-50.

Jehoiachin. Elsewhere in this book called “Jeconiah” (Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:2), or “Coniah” (Jeremiah 22:24, Jeremiah 22:28).

five and twentieth. The order given then, but probably not carried out till the “seven and twentieth”, according to 2 Kings 25:27.

Evil-merodach. The son of Nebuchadnezzar.

lifted up the head. Hebrew idiom for releasing. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:20).

Jeremiah 52:32

kindly unto him = good things with him.

Jeremiah 52:33

bread Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), for all kinds of food.

Jeremiah 52:34

until, &c. Note the items above, which are supplemental to 2Ki 25.