307 The idea that Josiah fought Nĕcoh, as an Assyrian vassal (Benzinger on II. Kings xxiii. 28-30) is, of course, quite improbable, even if Nineveh did not fall till 606. But if the latest datum is correct that Nineveh fell in 612 (see Appendix I) it is utterly groundless. 308 See above, p. 149. 309 xxvi. 2, xxxvi. 9. 310 Whether the sacrifices of children in Hinnom had been resumed, vii. 31 ff., is uncertain; yet this passage may well belong to Jehoiakim’s reign. 311 Greek omits and renders the following _I_ and _my_ by _thou_ and _his_. 312 Using the Greek, Duhm, Cornill and Skinner render this quatrain thus:— Did not thy father eat and drink, And do himself well? Yet he practised justice and right, Judged the cause of the needy and poor. 313 ii. 8, 31, v. 30, 31, vi. 13, 14, 19, etc.; see pp. 106, 154, etc. 314 xx. 10. 315 See above, pp. 147 ff. 316 Many take the conditional clauses in vii and xxvi to be later insertions (e.g. Skinner, 169 f.). But it was natural to the malice of his foes to distort Jeremiah’s conditional, into an absolute, threat, and in xxvi. 13 he corrects them. My translation follows the Greek version, and omits the Hebrew additions which are found in our English versions. 317 Both text and versions add here _and all the people_; but this may be the careless insertion of a copyist, for in what follows the people are with Jeremiah. 318 So 34 MSS., and Syr. Vulg. and Targ. 319 Hebrew adds _against this city and_. 320 Hebrew adds _and all his mighty men_. 321 So Greek; Hebrew _the king sought_. 322 Hebrew adds a name (_El-nathan, son of Ackbor_) and repeats. 323 II. Kings xxii. 12 ff.; Jer. xxxix. 14, xl. 5, 6. 324 The designations of the title differ; what is stated above was probably the fact. 325 See Appendix I. 326 As vividly described, or predicted, by Nahum; see the writer’s “Twelve Prophets,” vol. ii.; on the date see Appendix I. 327 II. Kings xxiv. 1-16. The chronology of the end of Jehoiakim’s reign is uncertain. Most have held that the three years of his tribute were his last years, 600-598. But Winckler (“A.T. Untersuchungen,” 81 ff.) gives good reasons for preferring 605-3. 328 See above, pp. 22 ff. Our versions render the Hebrew correctly, but the following emendations may be made from the Greek: Verse 1, for _this word ... from the Lord_ read _the word of the Lord came unto me_; 2, for _Israel_ read _Jerusalem_; 22, omit _in the ninth month_, unnecessary after 9; 31, omit _their iniquity_, for _upon them_ read _upon him_, and for _men_ read _land, of Judah_; 32, for _Jeremiah took_ read _Baruch took_ and omit _and gave it to Baruch the scribe the son of Neriah_, and also the words _king of Judah_ and _in the fire_. 329 xxxvi. 3.