[126] The Hebrew Text inserts a paragraph (vv. 16-20) substantially identical with other portions of the book, especially xxiv. 8-10, announcing the approaching ruin and captivity of Zedekiah and the Jews still remaining in Judah. This section is omitted by the LXX., and breaks the obvious connection between verses 15 and 21.
[127] Smith's Assurbanipal, p. 163.
[128] 2 Macc. vii. 5.
[129] lii. 24; 2 Kings xxv. 18.
[130] Ecce Homo, xxi.
[131] li. 59, Hebrew Text. According to the LXX., Zedekiah sent another embassy and did not go himself to Babylon. The section is apparently a late addition.
[132] xvii. 15.
[133] xxvi. 2.
[134] Ezek. xxi. 21.
[135] xxv. 1-7.