John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 52:11

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, etc.] After he had seen his children and princes executed, which must be very terrible to him; (see Gill on “<243907>Jeremiah 39:7”); and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon; in (<243907>Jeremiah 39:7); it is said, he bound him, “to carry him” there; here it is affirmed he did carry him thither: and it is added, and put him in prison till the day of his death; from this place only we learn that King Zedekiah was put into a prison, and died a prisoner.

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