officer] Or, eunuch. See the notes on 1 Kings 22:9. five] Adde to these the officer mentioned before, and the scribe following, the number of seven (Jeremiah 52:25.) will be made up: Here they are included: there not so. were in the kings presence] Heb. saw the kings face. Of his bedchamber, or p〈…〉y counsell. See Esther 1:14. All these were taken for ill counsellours, and to advise Zedekiah to stand out to the last: and therefore they were all slain, v. 21. principall scribe of the host] Or, scribe of the captain of the host.