And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
The books of Kings form one whole running from the accession of Solomon to the Babylonian captivity, and this verse belongs to its closing history. It falls in the third great section, 2 Kings 18-25, which records the remaining kingdom of Judah after the ten tribes had been swept away. That close records the wicked and weak reigns of the kings of Judah. The record moves from the collapse of Samaria to the fall of Judah: after the death of Josiah, Judah soon fell to Nebuchadnezzar, and the history of the kings ends with the captivity.
It belongs to the account of the fall of Jerusalem after Zedekiah rebelled against Babylon, when Nebuchadnezzar took the city. Its temple and houses were burned, its walls were broken down, and Zedekiah and many of the people were carried into captivity and brought to the king of Babylon. A little company under Gedaliah was left in the land. The verse records part of that laying waste of Jerusalem, when captives were taken by Nebuzar-adan to the king of Babylon at Riblah and slain there.
Those taken included the surviving members of the royal family and priesthood along with sanctuary vessels that had not been destroyed. The few thousand who escaped the sword were only a small remnant of a nation that had numbered millions. The destruction of Jerusalem and capture of its leaders put the family of Seraiah, the high priest and grandfather of Joshua, in danger of extinction. In this capture Babylon took the people captive, overthrew the kingdom, and scattered the people of Judah.
The chapter recounts the downfall of Zedekiah, who was blinded and taken captive to Babylon, where he died. It marks the end of Judah's kingship and the loss of its independent rule, after which Judah remained subject to the great kingdoms that ruled the world. The history of the captivity in Babylon and the final destruction of Jerusalem in 2 Kings 25:1-21, with the prophecies relating to it, is typical of events to transpire under the gospel or at the close of this dispensation. There is a sudden transition from type to antitype and a double fulfillment in which what applied primarily and typically to the Jews applies emphatically in the Christian age. The historical account of the Babylonian captivity was received as truth about God's past dealings with His people, but as truth for its time. Knowing it alone did not reveal God's will for later emergencies, since truths for succeeding generations appear in their own time and must be recognized and obeyed as present truth.
The books of Kings form one whole running from the accession of Solomon to the Babylonian captivity, and this verse belongs to its closing history. It falls in the third great section, 2 Kings 18-25, which records the remaining kingdom of Judah after the ten tribes had been swept away. That close records the wicked and weak reigns of the kings of Judah. The record moves from the collapse of Samaria to the fall of Judah: after the death of Josiah, Judah soon fell to Nebuchadnezzar, and the history of the kings ends with the captivity.
It belongs to the account of the fall of Jerusalem after Zedekiah rebelled against Babylon, when Nebuchadnezzar took the city. Its temple and houses were burned, its walls were broken down, and Zedekiah and many of the people were carried into captivity and brought to the king of Babylon. A little company under Gedaliah was left in the land. The verse records part of that laying waste of Jerusalem, when captives were taken by Nebuzar-adan to the king of Babylon at Riblah and slain there.
Those taken included the surviving members of the royal family and priesthood along with sanctuary vessels that had not been destroyed. The few thousand who escaped the sword were only a small remnant of a nation that had numbered millions. The destruction of Jerusalem and capture of its leaders put the family of Seraiah, the high priest and grandfather of Joshua, in danger of extinction. In this capture Babylon took the people captive, overthrew the kingdom, and scattered the people of Judah.
The chapter recounts the downfall of Zedekiah, who was blinded and taken captive to Babylon, where he died. It marks the end of Judah's kingship and the loss of its independent rule, after which Judah remained subject to the great kingdoms that ruled the world. The history of the captivity in Babylon and the final destruction of Jerusalem in 2 Kings 25:1-21, with the prophecies relating to it, is typical of events to transpire under the gospel or at the close of this dispensation. There is a sudden transition from type to antitype and a double fulfillment in which what applied primarily and typically to the Jews applies emphatically in the Christian age. The historical account of the Babylonian captivity was received as truth about God's past dealings with His people, but as truth for its time. Knowing it alone did not reveal God's will for later emergencies, since truths for succeeding generations appear in their own time and must be recognized and obeyed as present truth.