Eliakim the son of Josiah; whom he perceived to be of a more mild and peaceable disposition. Turned his name to Jehoiakim; because the giving of names was accounted an act and sign of dominion; which therefore parents did to their children, and conquerors to their vassals or tributaries. Compare 2 Kings 24:17 Daniel 1:7. Took Jehoahaz away; partly as a punishment for him, and partly that he might give no disturbance to his brother.
Verse 34. _TURNED HIS NAME TO JEHOIAKIM_] These names are precisely the same in signification: ELIAKIM is _God shall arise_; JEHOIAKIM, _Jehovah shall arise_; or, the _resurrection of God; the_ _resu...
IN THE ROOM OF JOSIAH HIS FATHER - Not “in the room of Jehoahaz his brother;” the phrase is intended to mark the fact, that Neco did not acknowedge that Jehoahaz had ever been king. TURNED HIS NAME TO...
VI. FINAL APOSTASY OF JUDAH AND THE CAPTIVITY 1. Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim CHAPTER 23:31-37 _ 1. The three months' reign of Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:31; 2 Chronicles 36:1)_ 2. Jehoiakim made king ...
Celebration of the Passover. The mention of the eighteenth year (2 Kings 23:23; cf. 2 Kings 22:3) shows that the reforms of Josiah occupied six months. The book was discovered in the first month of th...
ELIAKIM. Name changed, to assert Pharaoh-nechoh's authority. IN THE ROOM. Refusing to recognize the People's appointment of 2 Kings 23:30. DIED THERE. As Jeremiah (2 Kings 22:11; 2 Kings 22:12) foret...
_Eliakim … and turned his name_to _Jehoiakim_ We can hardly think that this change was made by Pharaoh. He probably insisted on a change of name, but allowed the new king to suggest what it should be....
TURNED HIS NAME TO JEHOIAKIM— It was usual for conquerors to change the names of the persons whom they vanquished in war, in testimony of their absolute power over them. Thus we find the king of Babyl...
II. THE REIGN AND REMOVAL OF JEHOAHAZ 23:31-35 TRANSLATION (31) Jehoahaz was twenty-three yean old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Ham...
RELIGIOUS REFORM. JOSIAH'S DEATH 2. The prophets] Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah lived about this time. READ IN THEIR EARS] cp. the similar proceeding related in Nehemiah 8:4.;...
MADE ELIAKIM.. KING] Jehoahaz had been chosen by the people without the sanction of Nechoh, who therefore asserted his authority by deposing him, and substituting his brother. IN THE ROOM OF JOSIAH] N...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 23 THE *COVENANT WITH THE *LORD V1 The king called together all the leaders of *Judah and Jerusalem. V2 He went to th...
THE REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ (31-34). (34) JEHOAHAZ. — Called Shallum (Jeremiah 22:11; 1 Chronicles 3:15), which may have been his name before his accession. (Comp. 2 Kings 23:34;...
וַ יַּמְלֵךְ֩ פַּרְעֹ֨ה נְכֹ֜ה אֶת ־אֶלְיָקִ֣ים...
JOSIAH B.C. 639-608 2 Kings 22:1; 2 Kings 23:1 Jos., "Ant.," X 4:1. "In outline dim and vast Their fearful shadows cast The giant forms of Empires, on their way To ruin: one by one They tower,...
IN THE HANDS OF HEATHEN FOES 2 Kings 23:26 Josiah's life ended in terrible disaster. He persisted in measuring himself in battle against the king of Egypt in a quarrel which was none of his, and thus...
In this chapter we have a graphic account of the reformation following the discovery of the book of the Law. It was carried out by the splendid enthusiasm and energy of Josiah, and it is interesting t...
_Joakim. Thus he asserted his dominion over him, as Nabuchodonosor did afterwards over Matthanias, chap. xxiv. 17., and Daniel i. 6. (Calmet) --- Eliacim means nearly the same as Joakim, "the Lord's s...
We are hastening now to the period of Judah's history, as a kingdom. Three short months Jehoahaz reigned; and then was made a prisoner. The prophet Ezekiel laments him under the similitude of a young...
Well, then, in the next portion of our book (2 Kings 21:1-26) we see how truly a pious father may be followed by an impious son. Manasseh, young as he was, did not only begin to reign, but "did that w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23. Observe what grace raised up Hezekiah and Josiah, both of whom were born of fathers given up to idolatry, and followed by sons who were equally aba...
AND PHARAOHNECHOH MADE ELIAKIM THE SON OF JOSIAH KING IN THE ROOM OF JOSIAH HIS FATHER,.... Not in the room of Jehoahaz; for he did not allow him to be a king, and to have any lawful right to the thro...
And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. Ver. 34. _Made...
_Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim king_ Whom he probably perceived to be of a more mild and peaceable disposition. _And turned his name to Jehoiakim_ It was usual for conquerors to change the names of the...
1 Iosiah causeth the booke to bee read in a solemne assembly. 3 He reneweth the Couenant of the LORD. 4 He destroyeth idolatry. 15 He burnt dead mens bones vpon the altar of Bethel, as was foreprop...
And Pharaoh-nechoh made Ehiakim, the son of Josiah, the heir apparent, KING IN THE ROOM OF JOSIAH, HIS FATHER, AND TURNED HIS NAME TO JEHOIAKIM, AND TOOK JEHOAHAZ AWAY. AND HE CAME TO EGYPT AND DIED T...
THE REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ AND OF JEHOIAKIM...
JOSIAH'S COVENANT AND JUDGMENT OF IDOLATRY (vv.1-20) Being king in Judah and therefore the representative of all the people, Josiah realised his responsibility of involving them all in hearing the W...
31-37 After Josiah was laid in his grave, one trouble came on another, till, in twenty-two years, Jerusalem was destroyed. The wicked perished in great numbers, the remnant were purified, and Josiah'...
2 Kings 23:34 Necho H6549 Eliakim H471 son H1121 Josiah H2977 king H4427 (H8686) father H1 Josiah H2977 changed...
THE REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ KING OF JUDAH (609 BC) - (2 KINGS 23:31). Jehoahaz, who was Josiah's fourth son, was given the unenviable task of replacing Josiah, knowing full well that the wrath of Egypt woul...
JEHOIAKIM Called Jakim. (Matthew 1:10); (Matthew 1:11). (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 1:10). _...
CONTENTS: Law read to the people. The king's covenant and reformations. CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Hilkiah. Pharaoh-neche, Jehoahaz, Jehoikim, Eliakim. CONCLUSION: We should put ourselves heartily int...
2 Kings 23:29. _He slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him;_ as in 2 Kings 14:8. It would seem from this phrase that the two kings were engaged in single combat. This was an error for which Josiah f...
_And like unto him there was no king before him._ JOSIAH’S REFORMATION This and the previous chapter show us the influence of a godly sovereign. This prince at the age of twenty-six begins to repair...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 23:26. NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD TURNED NOT—The nation’s heart was not changed by all this fervour of the king and the reformation of external worship. Jeremia...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 23:1 JOSIAH'S RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. HIS REFORMS AND DEATH. REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ. ACCESSION OF JEHO
And the king stood by the pillar, and he made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and the testimonies and the statutes with their heart and with their soul...
1 Chronicles 3:15; 2 Chronicles 36:3; 2 Chronicles 36:4; 2 Kings 24:17;...
Jehoiakim — The giving of names was accounted an act of dominion; which therefore parents did to their children, and conquerors to their vassals or tributaries....