and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 12. Went out. Josephus (Bel. vi. 8.) insinuates, to save the vessels of the temple.—Jeremias had persuaded him to desist from making resistance. Tirinus.—Nabuchodonosor did not comply with his promise, ( Menochius.) but took the king and all the artificers (verse 14.) to Babylon, that the former might not attempt to revenge the injuries done to his father, nor the latter contribute to fortify the towns. The Philistines had deprived the Israelites of blacksmiths, with the same design. 1 Kennicott. 7 and 13. Angelomus. Tirinus.—Eighth; commencing, or at the end of the seventh. Jeremiah 52. D.