And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
21. and slew them [R.V. put them to death ] at Riblah ] The word is not the same as in verse 7, and the R.V. follows A.V. of Jer 52:27.
So Judah was carried away out of their [R.V. his ] land ] The A.V. has ‘his own’ in Jeremiah 52. Jeremiah gives the totals of this captivity thus. In the seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar 3023, in the eighteenth year 832, and in the three-and-twentieth year 745, making a total of 4600. Jer 52:28-30.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
So Judah was carried away – The kingdom of the two tribes was at an end; and the task of the historian might seem to be accomplished. He still, however, desires to notice two things:
(1) the fate of the remnant 2Ki 25:22-26 left in the land by Nebuzaradan; and
(2) the fate of Johoiachin, who, of all those led into captivity, was the least to blame 2Ki 25:27-30.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 21. The king of Babylon smote them] He had, no doubt, found that these had counselled Zedekiah to revolt.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
[See comments on 2Ki 25:18]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(21) The king of Babylon smote them . . .He was too irritated by the obstinacy of their defence to admire their bravery.
So Judah was carried away . . .This sentence evidently concludes the whole account of the destruction of Jerusalem and the deportation of the people (comp. 2Ki. 17:23; Jer. 52:27); and not merely that of the proceedings of Nebuzaradan. The prophecy of Obadiah refers to the heartless behaviour of the Edomites on occasion of the ruin of Judah. (Comp. Psalms 137; Lam. 4:21-22.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
21. Slew them at Riblah See on 2Ki 25:6. All these officers and principal citizens were regarded as implicated with Zedekiah in his rebellion, and guilty of treason, and were, therefore, punished with death.
According to Jeremiah there were three different deportations of Jewish exiles: in Nebuchadnezzar’s seventh year, 3,023; in his eighteenth year, 832; and in his twenty-third year, 745; making in all 4,600. These numbers vary very much from the statements of this book of Kings. According to chap. 2Ki 24:13, one deportation alone contained 10,000 captives, and occurred in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year. 2Ki 25:12. The difference in the date is but slight, and may be explained by assuming that the different writers began to reckon from different periods of a year; but the numbers in the one or the other passage are undoubtedly corrupt. Most critics incline to think that the numbers in Jeremiah are the more correct. No mention is made in Kings of the third deportation, which occurred, according to Jeremiah, in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, and no mention is made in either book of a small deportation, among whom was Daniel and his three friends, which occurred at the time of Nebuchadnezzar’s first invasion of Palestine, and with which the Babylonish captivity of Judah seems really to have begun. But no doubt many that were left in the land proved to be persistently rebellious, and provoked the king of Babylon to order their extirpation.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
So Judah was carried away. Thus ended the kingdom of Judah, as Jeremiah had predicted (Jer 20:4).
their = his.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the king: These men were put to death as accessories to Zedekiah’s rebellion; for the king of Babylon had no doubt found that they had counselled him to revolt.
So Judah: 2Ki 17:20, 2Ki 23:27, Lev 26:33-35, Deu 4:26, Deu 28:36, Deu 28:64, Jer 24:9, Jer 24:10, Jer 25:9-11, Eze 12:25-28, Eze 24:14, Amo 5:27
Reciprocal: Jos 23:13 – until ye perish 1Ki 8:46 – unto the land 1Ki 9:7 – will I cut 1Ch 6:15 – when the Lord 1Ch 13:5 – Hemath Isa 6:12 – the Lord Jer 13:19 – Judah Jer 17:4 – shalt Jer 52:27 – the king Lam 1:3 – gone Zec 9:2 – Hamath