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2 Kings 25 Commentary
Commentary on 2 Kings 25 The End of the Kingdom of Judah ***This blog post is an on-going commentary on 2 Kings 25. I add new content to it regularly. 2 Kings 25:1 וַיְהִי֩ בִשְׁנַ֨ת הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית לְמָלְכ֗וֹ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי֮ בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ֒ בָּ֠א נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל ה֧וּא וְכָל־חֵיל֛וֹ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וַיִּ֣חַן עָלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּבְנ֥וּ עָלֶ֖יהָ דָּיֵ֥ק סָבִֽיב׃ Now in the ninth year of his (Zedekiah’s) reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, the […]
2 Kings 11 Commentary
2 Kings 11 | Commentary ***This blog post is an on-going commentary on 2 Kings 11. I add new content to it each week. Athaliah, Joash, and Jehoiada 2 Kings 11:1 וַֽעֲתַלְיָה֙ אֵ֣ם אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ רָאֲתָ֖ה כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת בְּנָ֑הּ וַתָּ֨קָם֙ וַתְּאַבֵּ֔ד אֵ֖ת כָּל־זֶ֥רַע הַמַּמְלָכָֽה׃ Now Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead. So she got up and destroyed all the royal descendants. […]
1 Kings 3:16-28
1 Kings 3:16-28 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ***This is an ongoing project. As I work through the passage, I will add more notes and commentary. 1 Kings 3:16 Notes This passage starts with the word “then” (אָ֣ז), which signals a change in time. In the previous story (1 Kgs 3:1-15), Solomon encountered YHWH in a dream at Gibeon. The […]
1 Kings 6:11-13
1 Kings 6:11-13 | Bible Study Will God Live in the Temple? God’s Conditional Presence 1 Kings 6:11-13 interrupts a long description of the temple. We do well to pay attention to this interruption because it makes a shocking point. God’s presence isn’t guaranteed to be in the temple forever. As we’ve seen in previous […]
1 Kings 6:1-10
1 Kings 6:1-10 | Bible Study How to Build a Temple (Part 1) The Building Begins The temple was the most important building in ancient Israel. It represented the place where God dwelt among His people. After establishing that Solomon would reign after David and how God would interact with him, the narrative turns to […]