Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 24:16
And all the men of might, [even] seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all [that were] strong [and] apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
And all the men of might, even seven thousand,…. The particulars of the 10,000 carried captive are here given; 7000 of which were the principal men of the land:
and craftsmen and smiths one thousand; which made 8000:
all that were strong, and apt for war; of these consisted the other 2000; so Abarbinel reckons them; but, according to the Jewish chronologer t, which Jarchi and other Jewish commentators follow, the 7000 were out of the tribe of Benjamin and the rest of the tribes, and the 3000 out of the tribe of Judah, which are supposed to be those Jeremiah speaks of, Jer 52:28,
even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon; among these were Ezekiel the prophet, and Mordecai, the uncle of Esther.
t Seder Olam Rabba, c. 25.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) And all the men of might.The mighty men of valour of 2Ki. 24:14. (The words depend on the verb, he carried away, in 2Ki. 24:14.) As there were 7,000 of these, and 1,000 craftsmen and smiths, and the total number of the exiles was 10,000, there were 2,000 belonging to the aristocratic classes. Jer. 52:28 gives a total of 3,023. Thenius explains his discrepancy as resulting from a transcribers confusion of a large y, i.e. 10, with g, i.e. 3. Josephus has made his total of 10,832 out of the 832 of the second deportation (Jer. 52:29) added to the 10,000 here assigned.
All that were strong and apt for war.Literally, the whole, warriors and doers of battle. This clause refers to both those which precede, and it states that the 8,000 were all men in their prime, and trained in the use of weapons (Thenius). But may not the term strong (gibbrm, heroes, warriors) refer to the 7,000 as actual fighting men; and the phrase makers of war denote the craftsmen as employed in forging weapons and constructing defences? (The Syriac reads, and all the men that made war.)
Even them the king of Babylon brought.Literally, and the King of Babylon brought them.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 24:16 And all the men of might, [even] seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all [that were] strong [and] apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
Ver. 16. Craftsmen, &c. ] Eighteen thousand in all; this was the second captivity.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
men. Hebrew. ‘enosh. App-14.
smiths = armourers.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
seven thousand: Jer 29:2, Jer 52:28
Reciprocal: Jer 22:25 – I Eze 17:13 – he hath also