2 Kings 25:26 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 25:26

Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.

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ASV

And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

KJV

And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

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Commentary

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Clement of Alexandria

The Stromata Book 1 (215)

In the twelfth year of king Zedekiah, seventy years before the dominance of the Persians, Nebuchadnezzar campaigned against the Phoenicians and Jews, as Berossus says in his "Researches on the Chaldeans." Juba, writing "On the Assyrians," admits that he took his account from Berossus, testifying to its accuracy. Nebuchadnezzar blinded Zedekiah and removed him to Babylon, deporting the whole people except a few who escaped to Egypt. The captivity lasted for seventy years. Jeremiah and Habakkuk continued to prophesy under Zedekiah, and in the fifth year of his reign Ezekiel was prophesying in Babylon.

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And all the people, both small and great,.... High and low, rich and poor, among whom were the king's daughters, committed to the care of Gedaliah, and also the prophets Jeremiah and Baruch, see Jer 41:16. and the captains of the armies rose, and came to Egypt; contrary to the express command of God; these were Johanan, and the captain of the forces with him, Jer 43:4. for they were afraid of the Chaldees; lest they should come and avenge the death of Gedaliah, appointed governor of Judea, see Jer 41:17.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus was there a full end made of them by their own folly and disobedience, and Egypt had the last of them, that the last verse of that chapter of threatenings might be fulfilled, after all the rest, Deut. xxviii. 68 , The Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again. These events are more largely related by the prophet Jeremiah, ch. xl. to ch. xlv.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּקֻ֨מוּ	vai.ya.Ku.mu	and they arose	H6965 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֜ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
מִקָּטֹ֤ן	mi.ka.Ton	from [the] small	H6996 →
וְעַד־	ve.'ad-	and unto	H5704 →
גָּדוֹל֙	ga.dOl	[the] great	H1419 →
וְשָׂרֵ֣י	ve.sa.Rei	and [the] commanders of	H8269 →
הַחֲיָלִ֔ים	ha.cha.ya.Lim	the armies	H2428 →
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they went	H935 →
מִצְרָ֑יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
יָרְא֖וּ	ya.re.'U	they were afraid	H3372 →
מִפְּנֵ֥י	mi.pe.Nei	of <the face of>	H6440 →
כַשְׂדִּֽים׃ פ	khas.Dim	[the] Chaldeans	H3778 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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