John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 24:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And all the men of might, even seven thousand, etc.] The particulars of the 10,000 carried captive are here given; 7000 of which were the principal men of the land: and craftsmen and smiths one thousand; which made 8000: all that were strong, and apt for war; of these consisted the other 2000; so Abarbinel reckons them; but, according to the Jewish chronologer f311, which Jarchi and other Jewish commentators follow, the 7000 were out of the tribe of Benjamin and the rest of the tribes, and the 3000 out of the tribe of Judah, which are supposed to be those Jeremiah speaks of, (<245228>Jeremiah 52:28), even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon; among these were Ezekiel the prophet, and Mordecai, the uncle of Esther.

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