Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 24:6
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
6. Jehoiakim slept with his fathers ] How the violent death which the prophet foretold came about the history makes no record. Whether he fell in fight with the numberless invaders, or, as seems suggested by the form of the prophecies quoted in the previous note, was slain by his own subjects and his body cast forth from the city we cannot decide. No mention is made of any burial.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Jehoiachin – Also called Jeconiah and Coniah. Jehoiachin and Jeconiah both mean Yahweh will establish, Coniah, Yahweh establishes. Probably his original name was Jehoiachin. When he ascended the throne, and was required to take a new name, anxious not to lose the good men contained in his old one, he simply transposed the two elements. Jeremiah shortened this new name from Jeconiah to Coniah, thus cutting off from it the notion of futurity, to imply that that would not be which the name declared would be. In other words, Yahweh establishes, but this prince he will not establish.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 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, Jer 36:30, for at that time it belonged to the king of Babylon, and Jehoiachin was a mere viceroy or governor. Jehoiachin is called Jechonias in Mt 1:11.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Jehoiachin, called also Jeconiah, 1Ch 3:16, (as Jehoiakim also was, by comparing this with Mat 1:11) and, in way of contempt,
Coniah, Jer 22:24.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
6. Jehoiakim slept with hisfathersThis phraseology can mean nothing more than that hedied; for he was not buried with his royal ancestors; and whether hefell in battle, or his body was subjected to posthumous insults, hewas, according to the prediction (Jer22:19), not honored with the rites of sepulture (Jer36:30).
Jehoiachin his son reigned inhis steadThe very brief reign of this prince, which lastedonly three months, during which he was a humble vassal of theAssyrians, is scarcely deserving to be taken into account, andtherefore is in no way contradictory to the prophetic menacedenounced against his father (Jer36:30).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers,…. He died as they did, but was not buried with them, and indeed had no burial at all, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, Jer 22:18 for, falling into the hands of the king of Babylon, he was bound in chains, in order to be carried to Babylon, but died as soon as he came out of Jerusalem, at the gates of which he was cast, and had no burial, 2Ch 36:6. At this time also some of the vessels of the temple were carried away, and put in the idol’s temple at Babylon, 2Ch 36:7, and Eupolemus p says, that whatever gold, silver, and brass, were in the temple, were carried away:
and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead; called sometimes Jeconiah, and by contempt Coniah, Jer 22:24.
p Ut supra. (Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 39. p. 454.)
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(6) So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers.The usual notice of the kings burial is omitted, and the omission is significant, considered in the light of Jeremiahs prophecy: Thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; 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(Jer. 22:18-19; comp. Jer. 36:30). Jehoiakim appears to have been slain in an encounter with the bauds of freebooters mentioned in 2Ki. 24:2, so that his body was left to decay where it fell, all his followers having perished with him. Ewald supposes that he was lured out of Jerusalem to a pretended conference with the Chaldeans, and then treacherously seized, and, as he proved a refractory prisoner, slain, and his body denied the last honours, his family craving its restoration in vain. (The words of the text do not necessarily imply a natural and peaceful death, as Thenius alleges, but simply death without further qualification.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
6. Jehoiakim slept with his fathers This expression does not necessarily imply that he had a peaceful death; and there is here no mention of his burial, as of other kings. Compare 2Ki 23:30; 2Ki 22:18; 2Ch 32:33. Jeremiah prophesied of this king, “He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.” And again: “He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.” Jer 22:19; Jer 36:30. The historian does not record the literal fulfilment of these prophecies, but he says nothing inconsistent with such a fulfilment. As the statement that Judas “went and hanged himself” (Mat 27:5) is consistent also with the fact that “falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out,” (Act 1:18, note,) so also is Jehoiakim’s sleeping with his fathers consistent with the dishonouring of his body after death. Some think he was first buried, but that after the capture of Jerusalem his bones were disinterred and exposed to insult before the gate of the city; others, that he was slain in battle with the marauding bands mentioned in 2Ki 24:2, or was seduced beyond the walls of the city, and there treacherously slain and denied the rites of burial. These are all conjectures, but either of them serves to show that there is no contradiction between the different passages which refer to Jehoiakim’s death.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 24:6. Jehoiakim slept with his fathers It is plain that this expression can signify no more than that he died as his fathers did; for he neither died in his bed, nor was he buried with his fathers, but lay above ground, unburied, according to the prediction of Jeremiah, ch. Jer 36:30.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
2Ki 24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
Ver. 6. So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers. ] Respectu habito ad communem naturae legem; Jehoiakim died, being slain in Jerusalem, and as “an ass cast forth beyond the gates”; Jer 22:18-19 or else, going captive to Babylon, he died by the way, ingloria vita recessit, without burial or mourning. 2Ch 36:6 He is also cut out of the roll of the kings of Judah. Mat 1:11
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
slept with his fathers. Only the fact referred to here. Not the manner of his death and burial, for which see Jer 22:18, Jer 22:19; Jer 36:29, Jer 36:30 It was as foretold. The expression “slept with his fathers” is used even of Ahab; and every king of Judah whose death is recorded is said also to have been buried, except Jehoiakim. See note on Deu 31:16.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
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slept: As Jehoiakim was “buried with the burial of an ass,” by being “drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem,” without internment, the expression “slept with his fathers,” can only mean that the died, or slept the sleep of death. In the East, a body exposed during the night would be a prey to wild animals; if any of it were left till the morning, the carnivorous birds would devour it. 2Ch 36:6, 2Ch 36:8, Jer 22:18, Jer 22:19, Jer 36:30
Jehoiachin: As this man reigned only three months, and was a mere vassal of the king of Babylon, his reign is scarcely reckoned; and therefore Jeremiah – Jer 36:30 says of Jehoiakim, “he shall have none to sit upon the throne of David.
Reciprocal: 1Ch 3:16 – Jeconiah Est 2:6 – Jeconiah Ecc 4:14 – also Jer 22:24 – Coniah Eze 14:20 – Daniel Eze 19:1 – the princes Eze 19:12 – strong
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 24:6. So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers But it is not said he was buried with them. No doubt the prophecy of Jeremiah was fulfilled, that he should not be lamented as his father was, but buried with the burial of an ass. Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead Called also Jechoniah, 1Ch 3:16, and in a way of contempt Coniah, Jer 22:24.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
24:6 So Jehoiakim {c} slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
(c) Not that he was buried with his fathers, but he died in the way, as they let him prisoner toward Babylon, see Jer 22:19.