10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
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And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-20)This should have been the history of king Jehoiachin’s reign , but, alas! it is only the history of king Jehoiachin’s captivity , as it is called, Ezek. 1:2. He came to the crown, not to have the honour of wearing it, but the shame of losing it. Ideo tantum venerat, ut exiret—He came in only to go out . I. His reign was short and inconsiderable. He reigned but three months, and then was removed an…
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