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.