when the yeer was expired] Heb. at the return of the yeer. the yeer was expired] When another yeer began, and it was seasonable to go into the field, 2 Samuel 11:1. 1 Kings 20:21. For Jehoiachin reigned not a whole yeer, v. 9. goodly vessels] Heb. vessels of desire. See v. 19. Zedekiah] Or, Mattaniah, 2 Kings 24:17. Zedekiah his brother] Jeremiah 37:1. his brother] Or, uncle. For Zedekiah was his fathers brother, 1 Chronicles 3:15.