Jeremiah 39 Old Testament- Babylon finally wins over Jerusalem in 587BC
This is the fateful chapter we hear about so much! The end of the First Temple Period of Jewish history. Video Chapters- To donate to our channel click here- https://go.smrt.social/DonateScripturesMadeSimple V1- It was in July 587 B.C. (cf. 52:5ff.) that Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians. A month later (52:12ff.; 2 K. 25:8ff.) Nebuzaradan, commander of Nebuchadrezzar’s bodyguard, arrived at the city. The siege had lasted from January 588 till July 587 B.C., with a brief interlude in the summer of 588. The years were counted from the Babylonian New Year in the spring (March/April), that is, from the month Nisan. Thompson, The Book of Jeremiah V5- an ancient Syrian town to the south of Kadesh on the river Orontes. It was situated at a strategic point where military highways between Egypt and Mesopotamia met. Evidently Nebuchadrezzar remained at his headquarters in central Syria while his general pursued the war in Judah. Prisoners were brought to the king for judgment. Thompson, The Book of Jeremiah V14- But this account is somewhat different from the one in 40:1–6, where Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard found Jeremiah in fetters among a whole train of captives at Ramah, 5 miles north of Jerusalem, and having released him spoke with him of the options open to him. It is thus clear that the editor had two stories before him both of which were included in the book. The story in vv. 11–14 reads as a straightforward, consistent narrative. We can only presume that after his initial trial he was set free but was picked up by soldiers, put in chains, and sent to the holding camp at Ramah for transport to Babylon via Riblah. Thompson, The Book of Jeremiah
This is the fateful chapter we hear about so much! The end of the First Temple Period of Jewish history. Video Chapters- To donate to our channel click here- https://go.smrt.social/DonateScripturesMadeSimple V1- It was in July 587 B.C. (cf. 52:5ff.) that Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians. A month later (52:12ff.; 2 K. 25:8ff.) Nebuzaradan, commander of Nebuchadrezzar’s bodyguard, arrived at the city. The siege had lasted from January 588 till July 587 B.C., with a brief interlude in the summer of 588. The years were counted from the Babylonian New Year in the spring (March/April), that is, from the month Nisan. Thompson, The Book of Jeremiah V5- an ancient Syrian town to the south of Kadesh on the river Orontes. It was situated at a strategic point where military highways between Egypt and Mesopotamia met. Evidently Nebuchadrezzar remained at his headquarters in central Syria while his general pursued the war in Judah. Prisoners were brought to the king for judgment. Thompson, The Book of Jeremiah V14- But this account is somewhat different from the one in 40:1–6, where Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard found Jeremiah in fetters among a whole train of captives at Ramah, 5 miles north of Jerusalem, and having released him spoke with him of the options open to him. It is thus clear that the editor had two stories before him both of which were included in the book. The story in vv. 11–14 reads as a straightforward, consistent narrative. We can only presume that after his initial trial he was set free but was picked up by soldiers, put in chains, and sent to the holding camp at Ramah for transport to Babylon via Riblah. Thompson, The Book of Jeremiah