19-27. Delivered in the reign of Jehoiakim, who undid the good
effected by Josiah's reformation, especially as to the observance of the
Sabbath [EICHORN].
gate of . . . children of . . . people--The
gate next the king's palace, called the gate of David, and
the gate of the people, from its being the principal
thoroughfare: now the Jaffa gate. It is probably the same as "the gate
of the fountain" at the foot of Zion, near which were the king's garden
and pool
(Jer 39:4;
2Ki 25:4;
Ne 2:14; 3:15;
12:37).
JFB.
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