CHAPTER XXIV _Nebuchadnezzar brings Jehoiakim under subjection; who, after_ three _years, rebels_, 1. _Bands of Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, invade_ _the land_, 2-4. _Jehoiakim dies, and Jehoiachin his son reigns in his stead_, 5, 6. _The Babylonians overcome the Egyptians_, 7... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Jeremiah 16 of Jeremiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Kings 24:6. _JEHOIACHIN HIS SON_] As this man reigned only _three_ _months_ and was a mere _vassal_ to the Babylonians, his reign is scarcely to be reckoned; and therefore Jeremiah says of Jehoiakim, _He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David_, Jeremiah 36:30, for at that time it be... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Kings 24:7. _THE KING OF EGYPT CAME NOT AGAIN_] He was so crushed by the Babylonians that he was obliged to confine himself within the limits of his own states, and could no more attempt any conquests. The text tells us how much he had lost by the Babylonians. See on 2 Kings 24:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Kings 24:8. _JEHOIACHIN WAS EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD_] He is called _Jeconiah_, 1 Chronicles 3:16, and _Coniah_, Jeremiah 22:24. In 2 Chronicles 36:9, be is said to be only _eight_ years of age, but this must be a mistake; for we find that, having reigned only _three_ months, he was carried capti... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Kings 24:12. _JEHOIACHIN - WENT OUT_] He saw that it was useless to attempt to defend himself any longer; and he therefore surrendered himself, hoping to obtain better terms.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Kings 24:13. _HE CARRIED OUT THENCE ALL THE TREASURES_] It has been remarked that Nebuchadnezzar spoiled the temple _three times_. - 1. He took away the greater part of those treasures when he took Jerusalem under Jehoiakim: and the vessels that he took then he placed in the temple of his g... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Kings 24:14. _HE CARRIED AWAY ALL JERUSALEM_] That is, all the chief men, the nobles, and artificers. Among these there were of mighty men _seven thousand_; of craftsmen and smiths, _one thousand_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Kings 24:17. _MADE MATTANIAH HIS FATHER'S BROTHER KING IN HIS STEAD_] He was the son of Josiah, and brother to Jehoiakim. _CHANGED HIS NAME TO ZEDEKIAH._] 2 Kings 23:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Kings 24:19. _HE DID - EVIL_] How astonishing is this! not one of them takes warning by the judgments of God, which fell on their sinful predecessors.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Kings 24:20. _ZEDEKIAH REBELLED_] This was in the eighth year of his reign: and he is strongly reproved for having violated the oath he took to the king of Babylon: see 2 Chronicles 36:13. This was the filling up of the measure of iniquity; and now the wrath of God descends upon this devoted... [ Continue Reading ]