Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 25:1

ANd it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem , and pitched against it, and they built forts against it round about .

To chastise Zedekiah for his Rebellion and Pe[illegible: 1+ letters]jury, 2 Chron. 36. 13.

Partly to keep all supplies of men or provisions from entring into the City: And partly, that from thence they might shoot D[illegible: 1+ letters]rts, or Arrows, or Stones into the City. See Ier. 52. 4. Ezek. 4. 2. and 17. 17.

Marginal references: 2 Chr. 36. 17. Jer. 34. and 3[illegible: 1+ letters]. 1. Ezel[illegible: 1+ letters]. 24. 1.