Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:35
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give [it] unto Pharaoh Necho.
35. he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land ] The king did not undertake to pay, as had been done aforetime (cf. 2Ki 16:8; 2Ki 18:15) this tax out of any treasures in the house of the Lord, or of the king’s house. In those troublous days there was likely to be but little in store, so a tax was laid on the whole people.
2Ki 23:36 to 2Ki 24:7. Jehoiakim king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar makes him tributary. His many adversaries. Jehoiachin, his son, succeeds him (2Ch 36:5-8)
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 35. Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold] Nechoh had placed him there as viceroy, simply to raise and collect his taxes.
Every one according to his taxation] That is, each was assessed in proportion to his property: that was the principle avowed: but there is reason to fear that this bad king was not governed by it.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh,…. The one hundred talents of silver and the talent of gold, which he imposed as a tribute upon the land:
but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh; he did not take it out of his own treasures nor the treasures of the house of the Lord, which perhaps might be exhausted, but levied it of the people of the land:
he exacted the silver and gold of the people of the land, required them to pay it in:
of everyone according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh: everyone was taxed according to his abilities, in proportion to what he was worth, or to the estate he was possessed of.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM (2Ki. 23:35 to 2Ki. 24:7).
(35) And Jehoiakim gave.And the silver and the gold did Jehoiakim give . . . He had to pay for his elevation. The raising of the fine of 2Ki. 23:33 is described in this verse.
But he taxed . . .The king kept his pledge to Pharaoh, but not out of his own means. He exacted the money from the people of the land, i.e., the people of all classes, levying a fixed contribution even upon the poorest of his subjects. As in 2Ki. 11:14; 2Ki. 14:21; 2Ki. 21:24, Thenius insists that the people of the land are the national militia, and he renders: he exacted the silver and the gold, along with (i.e., by the help of) the people of the land. But this is, to say the least, very questionable. (See Note on 2Ki. 11:14.)
(36) He reigned eleven years.Not eleven full years. (Comp. Jer. 25:1 with 2Ki. 24:12; and Jeremiah 3 with 2Ki. 25:8.)
His mothers name was Zebudah.So the Hebrew margin and Targum. Hebrew text, Syriac, Vulg., Arabic, Zebidah. Zebadiah may have been the real name. The mother of Jehoahaz was Hamutal (2Ki. 23:31). Thus Josiah had at least two wives, and probably more. (Comp. 2Ki. 24:15.) He could not have been over fourteen when he begot Jehoiakim.
Rumah.Perhaps Arumah, near Shechem (Jdg. 9:41), as Josephus has Abumah. This is interesting as a slight indication that Josiahs power extended over the territory of the former kingdom of Samaria.
(37) He did that which was evil . . .Jeremiah represents him as luxurious, covetous, and violent (Jer. 22:13 seq.). He murdered Urijah a prophet (Jer. 26:20 seq.). Ewald thinks that he introduced Egyptian animal-worship (Eze. 8:7 seq.), which is rendered highly probable by his relation of dependence on Necho. (Comp. the introduction of Assyrian star-worship under Ahaz.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
35. Jehoiakim gave the silver The payment of this tribute is mentioned before the writer takes up directly the history of Jehoiakim’s reign, probably because the commandment of Pharaoh required him to pay the tribute as the condition of his being elevated to the throne.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 23:35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give [it] unto Pharaohnechoh.
Ver. 35. He exacted. ] Though he received, likely, from his subjects no less sums of curses than of coin.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
taxed = assessed.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the silver: 2Ki 23:33
taxed: 2Ki 15:19, 2Ki 15:20
Reciprocal: 2Ki 23:29 – Pharaohnechoh 2Ch 36:4 – made Eliakim Jer 22:13 – unto Jer 35:1 – in the Lam 1:1 – how is Dan 11:20 – a raiser of taxes in the