1. 2 Rois 25:7 (NEG79)
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Commentary on 2 Kings 25:7 (Summary)

2 Rois 25:7 (NEG79)

7 Les fils de Sédécias furent égorgés en sa présence; puis on creva les yeux à Sédécias, on le lia avec des chaînes d'airain, et on le mena à Babylone.

According to Jeremiah 52:10, Zedekiah’s councillors suffered the same fate as his sons. When we read Jeremiah, we get the impression that Zedekiah did not follow his own fixed path; he let himself be influenced by his advisors. There is a good chance that they advised him to rebel against Nebuchadnezzar and make a treaty with Pharaoh Hophra (Jeremiah 44:30).

It was also the councillors who wanted to kill Jeremiah (Jeremiah 38:4, Jeremiah 38:25). The murdering of his sons and his advisors were the last events Zedekiah saw. After this, he was brought to Babylon and imprisoned there. Till the day of his death, says Jeremiah 52:11 (see also Ezekiel 12:13).