Jer 39:1 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XXXIX This chapter gives an account of the siege and taking of Jerusalem; the flight, capture, and punishment of Zedekiah; the burning of the city; and the carrying away of the people, (a few of the meanest excepted,) to Babylon , 1-10; also of the release of Jeremiah, and the special orders of Nebuchadnezzar concerning him , 11-14. The remaining verses relate to the subject of the preceding chapter; and contain promises of personal safety to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian amidst the public calamities, on account of his piety, and his humanity to the prophet , 15-18. NOTES ON CHAP. XXXIX Verse 1. In the ninth year of Zedekiah-in the tenth month ] This month is called Tebeth in . It began with the first new moon of our January , and it was on the tenth day of this month that Nebuchadnezzar invested the city.

‏ Jeremiah 39:1

CHAPTER XXXIX

This chapter gives an account of the siege and taking of Jerusalem; the flight, capture, and punishment of Zedekiah; the burning of the city; and the carrying away of the people, (a few of the meanest excepted,) to Babylon, 1-10;

also of the release of Jeremiah, and the special orders of Nebuchadnezzar concerning him, 11-14.

The remaining verses relate to the subject of the preceding chapter; and contain promises of personal safety to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian amidst the public calamities, on account of his piety, and his humanity to the prophet, 15-18.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXIX

Verse 1. In the ninth year of Zedekiah-in the tenth month] This month is called Tebeth in Es 2:16. It began with the first new moon of our January, and it was on the tenth day of this month that Nebuchadnezzar invested the city.