The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 52:1-34

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EXPOSITION

The contents of this chapter prove that it is not an independent narrative, but the concluding part of a history of the kings of Judah. It agrees almost word for word with 2Ki 24:18-25:30, from which we are justified in inferring that it is taken from the historical work which the editor of the Books of Kings closely followed. It is most improbable that Jeremiah was the author. Would the prophet have contented himself with the meagre statement that Zedekiah "did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord" (verse 2), or with such a summary description of the siege of Jerusalem? Apparently the editor who attached Jeremiah 52:1-34. as an appendix to the Book of Jeremiah omitted the account of Gedaliah (preserved in 2 Kings 25:22-26) because a fuller narrative had been already given in ch. 40-42. Apparently, too, either the same or some later editor inserted verses 28-30 from another source; the passage differs in several respects from 2 Kings 24:1-20. The text of ch. 52. seems to be a nearer approach to the original document than that of 2Ki 24:18-25:30 (see Graf's commentary). Compare ch. 39.

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