Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 25:11
Now the rest of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
11. Now the rest [R.V. And the residue ] of the people ] The change is in accordance with Jer 52:15 where the same people are spoken of.
and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon ] R.V. and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon. This alteration is also from A.V. in the parallel passage just referred to, where the Hebrew is the same as here.
with the remnant [R.V. residue ] of the multitude ] Also R.V. adds captive after ‘carry away’ at the close of the verse. Thus the two parallel and nearly identical passages are brought as closely into agreement in the English as they are in the original.
Nebuzar-adan took the residue of the better sort, both those who still were faithful to their country and those who had gone over to the Babylonian side, and the residue of the common folks, who were likely to prove useful in some settlement or other, and carried both these classes with him.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The fugitives … – It was from a fear of the treatment which he would receive at the hands of these deserters that Zedekiah persisted in defending the city to the last Jer 38:19.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
The people that were left in the city, whom neither the sword nor famine had destroyed, who were eight hundred and thirty-two persons, Jer 52:29, being members and traders of that city; for it is likely that there were very many more of the country people who were fled thither, who were left with others of their brethren to manure the land, as it here follows.
The remnant of the multitude, to wit, of the inhabitants of the country.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 2Ki 25:8]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(11) The fugitives that fell awayi.e., the deserters. (See Jer. 27:12; Jer. 37:13 sea., Jer. 38:2; Jer. 38:4; Jer. 38:17; Jer. 38:19.)
The multitude.Probably the rank and file of the fighting-men (Jdg. 4:7). The word is hmn, strictly a shouting throng. (The Syriac has the rest of the army.) Jer. 52:15, spells the word with the light breathing (nineither a dialectic use, or a mistake, not a distinct word).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
11. Rest of the people in the city Such warriors and leading citizens as had not attempted to escape.
Fugitives to the king of Babylon Deserters who had gone over to the Chaldeans.
Remnant of the multitude The mass of the less important population in and around Jerusalem.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Here we have the final account of Judah as a kingdom. So that from Joshua’s days, in which it began to be formed, to the last of its kings, Zedeciah, it stood about 850 or 860 years. And the church’s history now begins from the Babylonish captivity. Daniel and Ezekiel were the two prophets, whose ministry was exercised in Babylon during the 70 years which the Lord had determined for its desolation. See Jer_25:8-13; Jer_29:10-14 . See also Isa 23:15
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 25:11 Now the rest of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
Ver. 11. Now the rest of the people. ] Who were eight hundred and thirty-two persons. Jer 40:1 ; Jer 52:29
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the rest: Jer 15:1, Jer 15:2, Jer 39:9, Jer 52:12, Eze 5:2, Eze 12:15, Eze 12:16, Eze 22:15, Eze 22:16
fugitives: Heb. fallen away
Reciprocal: Deu 28:36 – bring thee 2Ki 18:32 – I come 2Ki 23:27 – I will remove 2Ch 36:19 – brake down Ezr 2:1 – whom Nebuchadnezzar Neh 7:6 – whom Nebuchadnezzar Isa 6:12 – the Lord Jer 52:29 – the eighteenth Lam 1:3 – gone Eze 17:21 – all his fugitives Oba 1:11 – in the day that the Mat 1:11 – about
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 25:11-12. Now the rest of the people that were left in the city Whom neither the sword nor famine had destroyed, who were eight hundred and thirty-two persons, (Jer 52:29,) being members and traders of that city: for it is likely that there were very many more of the country people fled thither, who were left with others of their brethren to manure the land. And the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon That is, all that fled to him, and put themselves under his protection; with the remnant of the multitudes Of the inhabitants of the country. For the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land So while the rich were prisoners in a strange land, the poor had liberty and peace in their own country! Thus Providence sometimes humbles the proud, and favours them of low degree.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
25:11 Now the rest of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives that {g} fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
(g) While the siege endured.