2 Kings 25:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. ”

2 Kings 25:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine (c) prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. (c) So much that the mothers ate their children, ( Lamentations...
2 Kings 25:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 24:18 to 2 Kings 25:7 . Zedekiah. Destruction of Temple and City. This event is related more fully in Jeremiah. Zedekiah seems to have been well-meaning but weak, and inclined to favour...
2 Kings 25:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fourth. This numeral is supplied from Jeremiah 52:6 . the famine. The ninth recorded in Scripture. See note on Genesis 12:10 . Fulfilling Leviticus 26:29 ; Deuteronomy 28:53-57 ; Jeremiah 1...
2 Kings 25:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
2 Kings 25:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The famine prevailed— See Ezekiel 5:10 and Lamentations 4:5 .
2 Kings 25:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed. In con...
2 Kings 25:3 - 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 25:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And on the ninth day of the fourth month. — The text is supplemented from Jeremiah 39:2 ; Jeremiah 52:6 . The Syriac, however, has, “And in the eleventh year of King Zedekiah, in the fifth month...
2 Kings 25:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ZEDEKIAH, THE LAST KING OF JUDAH B.C. 597-586 2 Kings 24:18-20 ; 2 Kings 25:1-7 " Quand ce grand Dieu a choisi quelqu'un pour etre l'instrument de ses desseins rien n'arrete le cours, en e...
2 Kings 25:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Captivity Made Complete 2 Kings 25:1-12 As the final catastrophe approaches, the historian becomes more minute in his dates, marking the month and the day . From Ezekiel 24:1 we gather...
2 Kings 25:3 - 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 25:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

As we read in the foregoing chapter that Jerusalem was taken, and here that it was besieged, we should remember in order to have a clear apprehension of the history, that though Jerusalem had been co...
2 Kings 25:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 25:1
2 Kings 25:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. Ver. 3. The famine prevailed in the city. ] Insomuch as that the f...
2 Kings 25:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The famine prevailed in the city So that for a long time they ate their bread, as Ezekiel foretold they should do, ( Ezekiel 4:16 ,) by weight and with care , and drunk their water by measure and...
2 Kings 25:3 - 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 25:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jerusalem Besieged. B. C. 590. 1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in...
2 Kings 25:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The fourth month; which word is easily understood, by comparing this and the first verse, and Jeremiah 39:2 , Jeremiah 52:6 , where it is expressed. For the people of the land, i.e. for the c...
2 Kings 25:3 - 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 25:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

fourth month That is, July.
2 Kings 25:3 - 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 25:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign. Captivity of Judah We have two prominent characters in this lesson--Zedekiah King of Judah, and Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon. The latter wa...
2 Kings 25:3 - 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 25:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judah Carried into Captivity
2 Kings 25:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:52 ; Deuteronomy 28:53 ; Ezekiel 14:21 ; Ezekiel 4:9-17 ; Ezekiel 5:10 ; Ezekiel 5:12 ; Ezekiel 7:15 ; Jeremiah 37:21 ; Jeremiah 38:2 ; Jeremiah 39:2 ; Jeremiah 52:6 ; Lame...
2 Kings 25:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The people — For the common people, but only for the great men. Now they eat their own children for want of food, Lamentations 4:3 , &c. Jeremiah in this extremity, earnestly persuaded the kin...

2 Kings 25:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 25:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 25:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 25:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 25:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 25:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 25:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 25:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 25:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 25:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Kings 25:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 25:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 25:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 25:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 25:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 25:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes