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To whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names - This practice is common in Oriental courts. “The captive youths referred to in the notes on (…

Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names:
This was to Chaldeanize them, to take away from them everything Jewish.
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The Prophet now comes to what properly belongs to his purpose. He did not propose to write a full narrative, but he touched briefly on what was nec…

Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names
Other names, Chaldee names, according to the names of the gods of t…

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, took Jerusalem and carried away whomever and whatever he pleased. From this first …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes