The entire number of captives was not more than 11,000. They consisted of three classes:

1. The “princes” or “mighty of the land,” that i…

All Jerusalem. This phrase is limited by what follows, referring to the most important part of the population.

The …

And he carried away all Jerusalem
The inhabitants of it; not every individual of them, but the chief of them, the mo…

Jehoiachin reigned only three months, yet long enough to show that he justly suffered for his fathers' sins, because he followed in their steps. Hi…