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 certain is it, that nothing but grace can change the heart. Dearest Lord, (I would say for myself and Reader), take not, oh! take not thine Holy Spirit from us!
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....
Mattaniah, son of Josiah and brother of Jehoahaz, but thirteen years his junior, adopted a name significant of the blessings promised by Jeremiah to the reign of a king whose name should be “Yahweh, o...
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 24:8. JEHOIACHIN AND THE FIRST CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH. The name of this king is also given as Coniah (Jeremiah 22:24) and Jeconiah (Jeremiah 29:2). Evidently Babylon's vengeance for his father's t...
CHANGED HIS NAME. See note on 2 Kings 23:34....
_Mattaniah_ He was the brother of Jehoiakim, and as we gather from 1 Chronicles 3:15, he was Josiah's third son. He is wrongly called -the brother" of Jehoiachin, 2 Chronicles 36:10, unless we accept...
IV. THE REIGN AND DEPORTATION OF JEHOIACHIN 24:8-17 TRANSLATION (8) Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months In Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was...
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...
_AND THE KING OF BABYLON MADE MATTANIAH HIS FATHER'S BROTHER KING IN HIS STEAD, AND CHANGED HIS NAME TO ZEDEKIAH._ Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead. Adhering to his former policy of m...
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...
MATTANIAH] as Mattaniah was brother of Jehoiakim, he must have been uncle of Jehoiachin; so that 2 Chronicles 36:10 in describing him as brother of the latter uses the term vaguely. In 1 Chronicles 3:...
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...
MATTANIAH HIS FATHER’S BROTHER. — He was the third son of Josiah (comp. Jeremiah 1:3; Jeremiah 37:1), and full brother of Jehoahaz-Shallum (2 Kings 23:31). Jehoiachin was childless at the time (comp....
וַ יַּמְלֵ֧ךְ מֶֽלֶךְ ־בָּבֶ֛ל אֶת ־מַתַּנְיָ֥ה...
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 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...
_Uncle, the third son of Josias, who was placed on the throne. (Haydock) --- The eldest, (Menochius) called Johanan, seems to have died in his youth. (Calmet) --- Sedecias means, "the justice of God,...
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 THE KING OF BABYLON MADE MATTANIAH HIS FATHER'S BROTHER KING IN HIS STEAD,.... The third son of Josiah, 1 Chronicles 3:15 AND CHANGED HIS NAME TO ZEDEKIAH; for the same reason the king of Egypt c...
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Ver. 17. _And the king of Babylon had made Mattaniah._] His name signifieth God's gift...
_And changed his name to Zedekiah_ That he might admonish him of (what his name signifies) _the justice of God_, which had so severely punished Jehoiakim for his rebellion; and would no less certainly...
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...
ZEDEKIAH BEGINS HIS RULE...
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, a third son of Josiah, KING IN HIS STEAD, AND CHANGED HIS NAME TO ZEDEKIAH ("the righteousness of Jehovah," he by whom Jehovah executes ju...
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...
That he might admonish him of (what this name signifies) THE JUSTICE OF GOD, which had so severely punished Jehoiakim for his rebellion; and would no less certainly overtake him, if he should be guilt...
2 Kings 24:17 king H4428 Babylon H894 Mattaniah H4983 uncle H1730 king H4427 (H8686) changed H5437 (H8686) name...
THE REIGN OF JEHOIACHIN KING OF JUDAH 597 BC (2 KINGS 24:8). In typical fashion the prophetic author of Kings has not told us in detail about the closing years of Jehoiakim's life, except in so far as...
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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 24:8 JEHOIACHIN. Babylon’s withdrawal from Palestine in 601 B.C. turned out to be temporary. Jehoiakim’s rebellion brought the Babylonian army to the gates of JERUSALEM at the
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 Chronicles 3:15; 1 Chronicles 3:16; 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:11;...
Zedekiah — That he might admonish him of (what this name signifies) the justice of God, which had so severely punished Jehoiakim for his rebellion; and would no less certainly overtake him, if he shou...