Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Kings 24:2
Nebuchadnezzar's army was made up of several nations, who were willing to fight under the banner of such a puissant and victorious emperor.
Nebuchadnezzar's army was made up of several nations, who were willing to fight under the banner of such a puissant and victorious emperor.
Verse 2 Kings 24:2. _ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD_] See what _Huldah_ predicted, 2 Kings 22:16, and see Jeremiah 14, Jeremiah 15, and...
See the marginal references. Instead of coming up in person Nebuchadnezzar sent against Jehoiakim his own troops and those of the neighboring nations. The ravages of the Moabites and the Ammonites are...
2. JEHOIACHIN AND ZEDEKIAH: THE BEGINNING OF JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY CHAPTER 24 _ 1. Jehoiakim, Servant of Nebuchadnezzar, and His Death (2 Kings 24:1; 2 Chronicles 36:6)_ 2. Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:6;
2 KINGS 23:36 TO 2 KINGS 24:7. JEHOIAKIM. A fuller account of the reign is given by Jeremiah, who consistently opposed the king (see Jeremiah 25-27, 35 f., and especially 2 Kings 22:13). The external...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. BANDS. marauding bands. CHILDREN. sons. BY. through. Hebrew by the hand of "Hand" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for what is effected by it....
_And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees_ R.V. CHALDÆANS. The bands were irregular marauding parties which were allowed, perhaps encouraged, to overrun the country of the rebellious vassal...
III. THE REIGN AND REBELLION OF JEHOIAKIM 23:36-24:7 TRANSLATION (36) Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother...
_AND THE LORD SENT AGAINST HIM BANDS OF THE CHALDEES, AND BANDS OF THE SYRIANS, AND BANDS OF THE MOABITES, AND BANDS OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND SENT THEM AGAINST JUDAH TO DESTROY IT, ACCORDING TO_...
THE CHALDEES] here used to designate the Babylonians. SYRIANS.. MOABITES.. AMMON] For these as enemies of Judah at this period see Jeremiah 35:11; Jeremiah 48:27; Ezekiel 25:1. HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHE...
JEHOIACHIN AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR This chapter recounts the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jehoiachin, the invasion of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (who carried into captivity Jehoiachin and numbers...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 24 V1 While Jehoiakim was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to attack the country. Jehoiakim had to serve him...
AND THE LORD SENT AGAINST HIM BANDS OF THE CHALDEES. — Jehoiakim’s revolt was no doubt instigated by Egypt. Whilst Nebuchadnezzar himself was engaged elsewhere in his great empire, predatory bands of...
וַ יְשַׁלַּ֣ח יְהוָ֣ה ׀ בֹּ֡ו אֶת ־גְּדוּדֵ֣י...
JEHOIAKIM B.C. 608-597 2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 24:1 "But those things that are recorded of him, and of his uncleanness and impiety, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings," - RAPC 1Es 1:42 "W...
THE PRICE OF INNOCENT BLOOD 2 Kings 24:1 Note the entail of Manasseh's sin. He had lived, had been forgiven, and had died years before, but Judah was irretrievably implicated in his sins. The poison...
Jehoiakim became tributary to Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar. The continuity of evil made impossible any respite, and it is solemnly written, "The Lord would not pardon." In this connection the sins of...
_The rovers. Latrunculos. Bands or parties of men, who pillaged and plundered wherever they came. (Challoner) See chap. v. 2., and Judges xi. 3. --- Nabuchodonosor could not come in person. --- Prophe...
I pray the Reader to observe the hand of God in all this. Evil men are but instruments for the accomplishment of the divine will. Judah must be removed, as Israel had been before. It is, for the most...
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 24 AND 25. The kings of Israel had been the fatal examples of a course which had led Judah and all Israel to their ruin (see 2 Kings 16:3). The pious Jehoshap...
AND THE LORD SENT AGAINST HIM,.... By Nebuchadnezzar, against whom he rebelled: BANDS OF THE CHALDEES, AND BANDS OF THE SYRIANS, AND BANDS OF THE MOABITES, AND BANDS OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON; who wer...
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to th...
_The Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees_ Including, probably, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, who were all now subject to the king of Babylon, and many of them engaged as soldiers in his se...
1 Iehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him, procureth his owne ruine. 5 Iehoiachin succeedeth him. 7 The King of Egypt is vanquished by the King of Babylon. 8 Iehoiach...
And the Lord sent against him, as a punishment for his sins, BANDS OF THE CHALDEES, AND BANDS OF THE SYRIANS, AND BANDS OF THE MOABITES, AND BANDS OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, not in an organized army at...
THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM...
Pharaoh was not able to maintain his dominance over Judah, however, not that Judah was able to break it, but because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon displaced Pharaoh and took his place in making Jehoi...
BY HIS: _ Heb._ by the hand of...
1-7 If Jehoiakim had served the Lord, he had not been servant to Nebuchadnezzar. If he had been content with his servitude, and true to his word, his condition had been no worse; but, rebelling agains...
2 Kings 24:2 LORD H3068 sent H7971 (H8762) bands H1416 Chaldeans H3778 bands H1416 Syrians H758 bands H1416 Moabites
CONTENTS: Jehoikim tributary to Nebuchadnezzar. Reigns of Jehoikim, Jehoichin and Zedekiah. Deportation to Babylon. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah. CONCLUSION: Time will not wear o...
_In his days Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon came up._ WICKEDNESS, RETRIBUTION AND DIVINE CONTROL, AS REVEALED IN NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S INVASION OF JUDAH In glancing through these Chapter s there are two...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 24:2 AND THE LORD SENT AGAINST HIM BANDS. See 2 Kings 23:26....
THE FALL OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 24:1. IN HIS DAYS NEBUCHADNEZZAR, KING OF BABYLON—Nebuchadnezzar’s reign commenced in the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s. Hales ...
And the LORD sent the bands of the Babylonians, and of the Syrians, and of the Moabites (2 Kings 24:2), And again now, the same kind of thing that happened to Israel; when the weakness of the nation w...
2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Kings 13:20; 2 Kings 13:21; 2 Kings 20:17;...
Bands — For Nebuchadnezzar's army was made up of several nations, who were willing to fight under the banner of such a puissant and victorious emperor....