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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 25:26
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And all the people, both small and great, etc.] High and low, rich and poor, among whom were the king’s daughters, committed to the care of Gedaliah, and also the prophets Jeremiah and Baruch, (see <244116>Jeremiah 41:16 43:6) and the captains of the armies rose, and came to Egypt; contrary to the express command of God; these were Johanan, and the captain of the forces with him, (<244304>Jeremiah 43:4,5) for they were afraid of the Chaldees; lest they should come and avenge the death of Gedaliah, appointed governor of Judea, (see <244117>Jeremiah 41:17 43:3). Ver. 27-30. And it came to pass in the thirty and seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, etc.] Who must then be fifty five years of age: in the twelfth month, on the twenty and seventh day of the month; in (<245231>Jeremiah 52:31) it is said to be the twenty fifth day; of the reason of which difference, (see Gill on “<245231>Jeremiah 52:31”): that Evilmerodach king of Babylon; who is supposed, by some f316”, to be the same with Belshazzar, and his successor Neriglissar, the same with Darius the Mede in Daniel. From hence, to the end of the chapter, the same account is given of the kindness of this king to Jehoiachin, as in (<245231>Jeremiah 52:31-34). Metasthenes f317 calls him Amilinus Evilmerodach, and says he reigned thirty years, and makes Belshazzar, or Baltassar, as he calls him, his third son. FOOTNOTES ft1 -- Pausan. Eliac. 1. sive, l. 5. p. 313. & Arcadica, sive, l. 8. p. 491. Clement. Alex. Admon. ad Gentes, p. 24. ft2 -- Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 10. c. 27. Vid. Chartarii Imagines Deorum, p. 151. & Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 6. c. 26. ft3 -- Adrichom. Theatrum Ter. Sanct. fol. 6. 1. ft4 -- See Dr. Shaw’s Travels, p. 209. Ed. 2. ft5 -- Vid. Isidor. Origin. l. 20. c. 11. & Alstorph. de Lect. Vet. c. 2. ft6 -- Semedo’s History of China, part 1. ch. 3. ft7 -- rbdyw “edixerat autem”, Junius & Tremellius. ft8 -- Travels, etc. p. 205. ft9 -- Travels, etc. p. 205. ft10 -- Travels, etc. p. 205. ft11 -- Origin. l. 19. c. 24. ft12 -- See Weemse of the Moral Law, l. 2. c. 7. p. 41. ft13 -- Apud Flamin. Nobil. in loc. So Suidas in voce apfw. ft14 -- De Commun. Essent. Patris, etc. vol. 1. p. 374. See Weemse of the Moral Law, l. 1. c. 7. p. 162. ft15 -- Dissert. de Eliae Nomine, etc. sect. 11, 12. ft16 -- tlkçm “orbans”, Montanus, Vatablus; “facit abortum”, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ft17 -- De Bello Jud. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 3. ft18 -- De Bello Jud. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 3. ft19 -- Journey from Aleppo, etc. p. 80. ft20 -- Egmont and Heyman’s Travels, vol. 1. p. 331. ft21 -- Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 16. ft22 -- T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 46. 2. ft23 -- Palestin. Illustrat. p. 378. ft24 -- T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 47. 1. ft25 -- Travels, etc. p. 206. ft26 -- Ibid. ft27 -- Geograph. l. 11. p. 362. ft28 -- Nat. Hist. l. 18. c. 3. ft29 -- Plutarch. in Apothegm. ft30 -- Descriptio Africae, l. 1. p. 75. ft31 -- See the like phrase of the business of a servant in Homer, Iliad. 3. ver. 270, & Iliad. 9. ver. 174. Odyss. 1. ver. 147. & Odyss. 3. ver. 388. & Odyss. 4. ver. 258, 261. & passim. ft32 -- Weemse’s Christ. Synagog. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 4. p. 143. ft33 -- Euseb. Hist. Eccl. l. 5. c. 5. Orosii Hist. l. 7. c. 15. p. 120. ft34 -- Orosii Hist. l. 5. c. 15. p. 77. ft35 -- hrgj rgj “eingente cingulo”, Montanus. ft36 -- De Defect. Hod. Ling. Heb. sect. 26. ft37 -- T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 39. 2. Pesikta in Abarbinel in loc. ft38 -- Vid. Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 1. c. 10. p. 40. l. 4. c. 16.…
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