Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 24:5
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
5. the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim ] One of the most conspicuous acts of Jehoiakim’s impiety was the burning of Jeremiah’s roll of prophecies (Jeremiah 36), and the way in which evil-doing had made men callous is expressed in the prophet’s narrative: ‘Yet they were not afraid nor rent their garments, neither the king nor any of his servants’. So the prophecy of the Lord against Jehoiakim was, ‘He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David’. In another place Jeremiah foretells (2Ki 22:18-19) the fate which shall befall him. ‘They shall not lament for him he shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem’. And in another passage, ‘His dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat and in the night to the frost’. The evil and self-indulgent character of Jehoiakim is abundantly set forth in Jer 22:11-17.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Comparing Jer 22:19; Jer 36:6, Jer 36:30; and Eze 19:8-9, it would seem that Nebuchadnezzar must in the fifth or sixth year after Jehoiakims revolt have determined to go in person to Riblah, to direct operations, first against Tyre and then against Jerusalem. Jehoiakim was taken prisoner, and brought in chains to Nebuchadnezzar, who at first designed to convey him to Babylon, but afterward had him taken to Jerusalem, where he was executed. Afterward, when the Babylonians had withdrawn, the remains were collected and interred in the burying-place of Manasseh, so that the king ultimately slept with his fathers 2Ki 24:6.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim,…. In 2Ch 36:8, it is added, “his abominations, and that which was found in him”: which besides his rebellion against the king of Babylon, and his shedding innocent blood, is interpreted of marks made in his body for superstitious and idolatrous purposes; so Lyra.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim . . .Assuming with Hitzig that the passage Hab. 2:9-14 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 Jer. 22:13-17.)
Are they not written . . .The last reference to this authority. Bhr concludes that the work did not extend beyond the reign of Jehoiakim.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 24:5. The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim Jeremiah prophesied in the time of this prince, as did also Urijah; see Jer 26:20; Jer 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 probably, to this time, because we find them prophesying the same things which Jeremiah did; namely, the destruction and desolation of Judah and Jerusalem for the many heinous sins they were guilty of. As to Habakkuk, neither the time in which he lived, nor the parents from whom he descended, are anywhere named in Scripture; but his prophesying the coming of the Chaldeans in the same manner with Jeremiah, gives us reason to think that he lived in the same time. Of Zephaniah it is expressly said, (chap. 1:) that he prophesied in the time of Josiah; and in his pedigree, which is also given us, his father’s grandfather is called Hezekiah, whom some take for the king of Judah, and consequently reckon this prophet to have been of royal descent. As to Nahum, lastly, it is certain that he prophesied after the captivity of the ten tribes, and before that of the other two, which he foretold, chap. 1: Though, therefore, the Jews do generally place him in the reign of Manasseh, yet others choose to refer him to the latter part of Josiah’s, as being nearer to the destruction of Nineveh and the Assyrian monarchy, to which several prophesies of his do principally relate.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
2Ki 24:5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Ver. 5. Now the rest of the acts. ] See 1Ki 15:23 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the rest. See 2Ch 36:6-8.
are they not . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the rest: 2Ch 36:8, Jer 22:13-17, Jer 26:1 – Jer 36:32
Reciprocal: 2Ch 36:6 – came up