70 salem of all their treasures. He put king Jehoiachin in chains, and carried him to Bābylon, where he was shut up in prison thirty-seven years, or till the death of Nebuchadnezzar. A vast multitude of captives were at this time carried to Babylon, including all the nobility, the bravest of the officers and soldiers, all the mechanics, and most of the men of learning and skill. This accomplished the prophecy of Isaiah— “ For behold the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah The mighty man, and the man of war, The judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, And the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.” According to this fore-announcement, only the lower classes of people were at this time left in the land, and Nebuchadinezzar Inade the uncle of Je hoiachin king over them, after changing his name from Mattaniah to Zedekiah, and malxing him promise to be a faithful servant of the, king of Baby lon. Thus ended the second war of Nebuchad nezzar with the Jews. The prophet Jeremiah was left at Jerusalem, but Ezekiel, a younger prophet,
