Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Kings 24:4
For the innocent blood, to wit, of those prophets and saints who either reproved or would not comply with his idolatrous worship.
For the innocent blood, to wit, of those prophets and saints who either reproved or would not comply with his idolatrous worship.
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...
BLOOD. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), for murder, and the guilt of it....
_which_[R.V. AND] _the Lord would not pardon_ The example, set for so long a time, had so penetrated the national character, that Jehovah, who multiplies His pardon (Isaiah 55:7), could bear with the...
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...
_SURELY AT THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD CAME THIS UPON JUDAH, TO REMOVE THEM OUT OF HIS SIGHT, FOR THE SINS OF MANASSEH, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HE DID;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
THE INNOCENT BLOOD. — Heb., _blood of the innocent_; an expression like _hand of the right, i.e._, the right hand; or, _day of the sixth, i.e._, the sixth day. Thenius thinks the murder of some promin...
וְ גַ֤ם דַּֽם ־הַ נָּקִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁפָ֔ךְ
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...
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 ALSO FOR THE INNOCENT BLOOD THAT HE SHED, FOR HE FILLED JERUSALEM WITH INNOCENT BLOOD,.... See 2 Kings 21:16 which cruel usage of the prophets, and servants of the Lord, was still continued; see...
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. Ver. 4. _And also for the innocent blood._] Of this crying sin Jehoahaz als...
_To remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh_ Properly and directly for their own sins, and remotely for the sins of Manasseh; who had so corrupted the whole body of the people, that they...
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 also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon, 2 Kings 21:16....
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...
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 24:4 innocent H5355 blood H1818 shed H8210 (H8804) filled H4390 (H8762) Jerusalem H3389 innocent H5355 blood
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...
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 Kings 21:16; Deuteronomy 19:10; Ezekiel 33:25; Jeremiah 15:1;...