2 Kings 25:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. ”

2 Kings 25:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Evil-merodach gave him garments befitting his rank. To dress a man suitably to his position was the first thought of an Oriental Genesis 41:42 ; Esther 8:15 ; Daniel 5:29 ; Luke 15:22 . So agai...
2 Kings 25:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jehoiachin Restored to Honour. Nebuchadrezzar succeeded his father 605 B.C., and reigned till 562 B.C. The first captivity took place thirty-seven years before Jehoiachin's release, or about 598 B....
2 Kings 25:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

did eat bread. He was. guest at the royal table, Compare 2 Samuel 19:33 ; 1 Kings 2:7 . This chapter, compared with the last chapter of Jeremiah, points to his authorship. The (one) book of Kings...
2 Kings 25:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
2 Kings 25:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. He did eat bread continually before him - i:e., according to an ancient usage in Eastern...
2 Kings 25:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fall of Jerusalem This chapter relates the siege and destruction of Jerusalem, the capture of king Zedekiah, and the deportation of most of the Jewish people.
2 Kings 25:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(27-30) The captivity of Jehoiachin ameliorated by the new king of Babylon. (See Jeremiah 52:31-34 .)
2 Kings 25:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

GEDALIAH B.C. 586 2 Kings 25:22-30 " Vedi che son un che piango. " - DANTE, "Inferno." "No rather steel thy melting heart To act the martyr s sternest part, To watch with firm, unshrinkin...
2 Kings 25:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Remnant Flee to Egypt 2 Kings 25:22-30 Thus at last the city, which had been full of people, sat solitary, bewailed by Jeremiah in exquisite elegies. The poorest only were left, under Gedal...
2 Kings 25:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The rebellion was easily quelled, and Zedekiah was captured and taken to Babylon. His fate is tragic and awful. With eyes put out, and bound in fetters, he was carried to the court of his conqueror a...
2 Kings 25:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is hardly possible to read the wonderful change in the circumstances of Jehoiachin, who, after so long a period as thirty-seven years lying in a prison, is brought forth to liberty, and to the kin...
2 Kings 25:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 25:27
2 Kings 25:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. Ver. 29. And changed his prison garments. ] The like whereto befell Joseph, whose fetters one...
2 Kings 25:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Evil-merodach, king of Babylon “Nebuchadnezzar, the father of Evil-merodach, died in the year of the world 3442, and before Christ 562, after he had reigned from the death of his father, according...
2 Kings 25:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE TOTAL CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH (vv.1-21) In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign Nebuchadnezzar came and besieged Jerusalem, building a wall around it. Jeremiah told Zedekiah, by the word of the Lor...
2 Kings 25:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Dispersion of the Remnant of Judah. B. C. 552. 22 And as for the people that remaine...
2 Kings 25:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. In his presence, and at his table, the following allowance being given to him for the maintenance of his family and royal dignity. Compare 2 Samuel 9:10 .
2 Kings 25:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Partial Restoration of Jehoiachin, in Babylon ( 2 Kings 25:27-30 ). There can be no question that the purpose of this final narrative is to indicate that YHWH's hand was still on the house of...
2 Kings 25:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE UTTER DESOLATION OF JERUSALEM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 25:1 . In the ninth year of his reign —The revolt of Zedekiah so incensed Nebuchadnezzar that he determined on the fin...
2 Kings 25:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 25:18 . Seraiah, the father of Ezra, was put to death with the nobles for rebellion; but many of those who thus suffered had also made a false covenant with the Lord; and their sins found...
2 Kings 25:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin. Jehoiachin as a victim of tyrannic despotism and as an object of delivering mercy The incident here recorded...
2 Kings 25:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 25:1-12 THE LAST SIEGE OF JERUSALEM . THE JEWS LED INTO CAPTIVITY . HISTORY OF THE REMNANT LEFT BEHIND . RELEASE FROM PRISON OF JEHO...
2 Kings 25:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gedaliah Governor of Judah
2 Kings 25:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 24:12 ; 2 Samuel 9:7 ; Esther 4:4 ; Esther 8:15 ; Genesis 41:14 ; Genesis 41:42 ; Isaiah 61:3 ; Luke 15:22 ; Zechariah 3:4

2 Kings 25:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 25:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 25:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 25:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 25:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 25:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 25:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 25:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 25:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 25:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 25:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 25:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 25:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge