THe word that came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2, 4.
in the tenth year of Zedekiah] The last but one of his reign; and the next before the surprisall and sacking of the City, and beginning of the captivity that thereupon ensued.
the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar] Whose first year of absolute reign, concurreth with part of the third, and part of the fourth of Jehoiakims, Daniel 1:1. 2 Kings 24:12. Chap. 25. 1.