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 king, city, and people, to the uttermost. See the catastrophe in the next chapter.
IT CAME TO PASS - Some prefer “came this to pass:” in the sense. “Through the anger of the Lord was it that another had king ruled in Jerusalem and in Judah:” concluding the chapter with the word “pre...
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 24:18 to 2 Kings 25:7. ZEDEKIAH. DESTRUCTION OF TEMPLE AND CITY. This event is related more fully in Jeremiah. Zedekiah seems to have been well-meaning but weak, and inclined to favour Jeremia...
REBELLED. Though bound by oath (2 Chronicles 36:13.Ezekiel 17:13; Ezekiel 17:13)....
_For through the anger of the Lord it came_[DID IT COME] _to pass_ Still the same language as in 2 Kings 23:27 and in 2 Kings 21:12-14, and all pointing to the evil practices of Manasseh and his times...
V. THE REVOLT OF ZEDEKIAH AND PUNISHMENT OF ZEDEKIAH 24:18-25:7 TRANSLATION (18) Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and the name of hi...
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...
_FOR THROUGH THE ANGER OF THE LORD IT CAME TO PASS IN JERUSALEM AND JUDAH, UNTIL HE HAD CAST THEM OUT FROM HIS PRESENCE, THAT ZEDEKIAH REBELLED AGAINST THE KING OF BABYLON._ Through the anger of the...
REBELLED] Zedekiah was bound by oath to Nebuchadnezzar (2 Chronicles 36:13; Ezekiel 17:13), but overtures from Edom, Moab, Tyre, and other countries drew him from his allegiance, in spite of the oppos...
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...
FOR THROUGH... IN JERUSALEM. — Literally, _for upon the anger of Jehovah it befel Jerusalem._ That which fell upon Jerusalem and Judah like a ruinous disaster was _the evil doing of Zedekiah,_ mention...
כִּ֣י ׀ עַל ־אַ֣ף יְהוָ֗ה הָיְתָ֤ה בִ ירוּשָׁ
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...
ZEDEKIAH, THE LAST KING OF JUDAH B.C. 597-586 2 Kings 24:18; 2 Kings 25:1 " _ Quand ce grand Dieu a choisi quelqu'un pour etre l'instrument de ses desseins rien n'arrete le cours, en enchaine, ou i...
THE CAPTIVITY BEGINS 2 Kings 24:10 Jehoiachin followed the evil path of his predecessors. Again Jerusalem was besieged and Deuteronomy 28:48 began to be fulfilled. The ill-advised revolt of the young...
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...
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his (f) presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. (f) Out of Jerusalem an...
_Revolted. Literally, "departed;" (Haydock) "broke his covenant;" (Septuagint) acting contrary to his oath, (Paralipomenon) and to the dictates of prudence. God permitted this to take place, in the 8t...
REFLECTIONS WHAT an awful representation is made in this chapter, and, indeed, in the whole history; (for all the world is but one and the same volume) of sinners! Could one suppose it possible, was i...
Reader! is it not awful, when we see that neither kindness nor severity will operate upon some minds. Zedekiah had seen the ruin of his kingdom by reason of sin; and yet he sinned more. Oh! how certai...
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...
2 Kings 24:18....
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. Ver. 20. _For through the a...
_For through the anger of the Lord_, &c. God was so highly displeased with this wicked people, that he permitted Zedekiah to break his faith with Nebuchadnezzar, and to rebel against him, forgetting f...
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...
For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until He had cast them out from His presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. The final execution of the L...
ZEDEKIAH BEGINS HIS RULE...
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...
8-20 Jehoiachin reigned but three months, yet long enough to show that he justly smarted for his fathers' sins, for he trod in their steps. His uncle was intrusted with the government. This Zedekiah...
Thus the people's sins were the true cause why God gave them wicked kings, whom he suffered to do wickedly, that they might bring the long deserved and threatened punishments upon themselves and their...
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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...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Chronicles 36:13; 2 Kings 22:17; 2 Thessalonians 2:9;...
Came to pass — Thus the peoples sins were the true cause why God gave them wicked kings, whom he suffered to do wickedly, that they might bring the long — deserved, and threatened punishments upon the...