2 Kings 24:5

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim... — Assuming with Hitzig that the passage Habakkuk 2:9 refers to him, we gather that he severely oppressed his people by his exactions of forced labour upon the defences of Jerusalem. Thenius concludes from the words, “that he may set his nest on high,” &c., that Jehoiakim strengthened and enlarged the fortress on Ophel erected by Manasseh. (Comp. also Jeremiah 22:13.)

Are they not written... — The last reference to this authority. Bähr concludes that the work did not extend beyond the reign of Jehoiakim.