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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 25:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 25:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And the army [02428] of the Chaldees [03778] pursued [07291] after [0310] the king [04428], and overtook [05381] him in the plains [06160] of Jericho [03405]: and all his army [02428] were scattered [06327] from him. |
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King James |
And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Jeremiah Jer 38:23 and Ezekiel Eze 12:13 had prophesied this capture; and the latter had also prophesied the dispersion of the troops Kg2 25:14. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The army of the Chaldeans pursued - Zedekiah was taken, and brought captive to Riblah in Syria, where Nebuchadnezzar then lay, who ordered his sons to be slain before his face, and then put out his eyes; and having loaded him with chains, sent him to Babylon, (see Jer 39:4, Jer 39:7; Jer 52:7, Jer 52:11), thus fulfilling the prophetic declarations, that his eyes should see the eyes of the king of Babylon, Jer 32:4; Jer 34:3; but Babylon he should not see, though he was to die there; Eze 12:13. |
14 And the pots [05518], and the shovels [03257], and the snuffers [04212], and the spoons [03709], and all the vessels [03627] of brass [05178] wherewith they ministered [08334], took they away [03947].
13 My net [07568] also will I spread [06566] upon him, and he shall be taken [08610] in my snare [04686]: and I will bring [0935] him to Babylon [0894] to the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778]; yet shall he not see [07200] it, though he shall die [04191] there.
23 So they shall bring out [03318] all thy wives [0802] and thy children [01121] to the Chaldeans [03778]: and thou shalt not escape out [04422] of their hand [03027], but shalt be taken [08610] by the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894]: and thou shalt cause this city [05892] to be burned [08313] with fire [0784].
13 My net [07568] also will I spread [06566] upon him, and he shall be taken [08610] in my snare [04686]: and I will bring [0935] him to Babylon [0894] to the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778]; yet shall he not see [07200] it, though he shall die [04191] there.
3 And thou shalt not escape out [04422] of his hand [03027], but shalt surely [08610] be taken [08610], and delivered [05414] into his hand [03027]; and thine eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] the eyes [05869] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall speak [01696] with thee mouth [06310] to mouth [06310], and thou shalt go [0935] to Babylon [0894].
4 And Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] shall not escape [04422] out of the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], but shall surely [05414] be delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and shall speak [01696] with him mouth [06310] to mouth [06310], and his eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] his eyes [05869];
11 Then he put out [05786] the eyes [05869] of Zedekiah [06667]; and the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] bound [0631] him in chains [05178], and carried [0935] him to Babylon [0894], and put [05414] him in prison [01004] [06486] till the day [03117] of his death [04194].
7 Then the city [05892] was broken up [01234], and all the men [0582] of war [04421] fled [01272], and went forth [03318] out of the city [05892] by night [03915] by the way [01870] of the gate [08179] between the two walls [02346], which was by the king's [04428] garden [01588]; (now the Chaldeans [03778] were by the city [05892] round about [05439]:) and they went [03212] by the way [01870] of the plain [06160].
7 Moreover he put out [05786] Zedekiah's [06667] eyes [05869], and bound [0631] him with chains [05178], to carry [0935] him to Babylon [0894].
4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] saw [07200] them, and all the men [0582] of war [04421], then they fled [01272], and went forth [03318] out of the city [05892] by night [03915], by the way [01870] of the king's [04428] garden [01588], by the gate [08179] betwixt the two walls [02346]: and he went out [03318] the way [01870] of the plain [06160].