_JEHOIAKIM REBELS AGAINST THE KING OF BABYLON, AND DIES. NEBUCHADNEZZAR BESIEGES JERUSALEM, TAKES KING JEHOIACHIN CAPTIVE, PLUNDERS THE TEMPLE, AND MAKES MATTANIAH KING; WHO REIGNS ELEVEN YEARS, AND THEN REBELS AGAINST THE KING OF BABYLON._ _Before Christ 593._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JEHOIAKIM— Jeremiah prophesied in the time of this prince, as did also Urijah; see Jeremiah 26:20; Jeremiah 26:24. About this time also lived the prophets Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Nahum, who, being called to the prophetic office in the reign of Josiah, continued, very probabl... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOIAKIM SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS— It is plain that this expression can signify no more than that he _died_ as his fathers did; for he neither died in his bed, nor was he buried with his fathers, but lay above ground, unburied, according to the prediction of Jeremiah, ch. Jeremiah 36:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME NOT AGAIN ANY MORE— Or, _Came no more as yet. 2 Kings 24:8. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old,_ &c.] There is a great difference between this passage and 2 Chronicles 36:9 where it is said that Jehoiachin was _eight years old_ when he began to reign. But both the Syriac and Arabic versions read... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE CARRIED OUT THENCE ALL THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, &C.— Nebuchadnezzar carried away the treasures and rich furniture of the temple at three different times: _First,_ In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim when he first took Jerusalem, he carried half of the vessels of the hou... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE CARRIED AWAY ALL JERUSALEM— Among these were Ezekiel the prophet, and Mordecai the uncle of Esther.... [ Continue Reading ]