Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 24:12
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
12. Jehoiachin went out to the king of Babylon ] He did as Rab-shakeh invited the people to do on a former occasion (2Ki 18:31) ‘Come out to me.’ This was to submit himself to Nebuchadnezzar, and in the hope of making an impression on the Babylonian king, Jehoiachin goes, taking with him the queen-mother, and all his chief men. On the influential position occupied in many Eastern states by the queen-mother, see note on 1Ki 2:19.
in the eighth year of his reign ] i.e. Of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign. We know from Jeremiah (Jer 25:1) that the fourth year of Jehoiakim was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar. So the time just admits of the three months’ reign of Jehoiachin, as his father reigned eleven years (Jer 23:36). In connexion with this captivity should be read the prophecy of Jeremiah 24 where under the type of good and bad figs, he speaks of the fate of the two sorts of people, those that are sent into the land of the Chaldans for their good, and the rest, who like Zedekiah inclined to a league with Egypt. To this time belongs also Jeremiah’s letter to the captives, full of wise advice and comforting promises (Jer 29:1-23).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The eighth year – Jeremiah calls it the seventh year Jer 52:28, a statement which implies only a different manner of counting regnal years.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 12. Jehoiachin – went out] He saw that it was useless to attempt to defend himself any longer; and he therefore surrendered himself, hoping to obtain better terms.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Went out to the king of Babylon, i.e. yielded up himself and the city into his hands; and this by the counsel of Jeremiah, and to his own good.
Of his reign, i.e. of Nebuchadnezzars reign; as appears by comparing this with Jer 25:8, and because Jehoiachin reigned not half a year.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon,…. Not to fight with him, but to submit to him, and to surrender the city to him, and be at his mercy:
he and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers; the royal family, courtiers, and nobles:
and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign; Of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, and which was the eighth of the first captivity, and from whence the seventy years’ captivity were reckoned.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Then Jehoiachin went out to the king of Babylon to yield himself up to him, because he perceived the impossibility of holding the city any longer against the besiegers, and probably hoped to secure the favour of Nebuchadnezzar, and perhaps to retain the throne as his vassal by a voluntary submission. Nebuchadnezzar, however, did not show favour any more, as he had done to Jehoiakim at the first taking of Jerusalem, but treated Jehoiachin as a rebel, made him prisoner, and led him away to Babylon, along with his mother, his wives (2Ki 24:15), his princes and his chamberlains, as Jeremiah had prophesied (Jer 22:24.), in the eighth year of his (Nebuchadnezzar’s) reign. The reference to the king’s mother in 2Ki 24:12 and 2Ki 24:15 is not to be explained on the ground that she still acted as guardian over the king, who was not yet of age (J. D. Mich.), but from the influential position which she occupied in the kingdom as (Jer 29:2: see at 1Ki 14:21). The eighth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar is reckoned from the time when his father had transferred to him the chief command over the army to make war upon Necho, according to which his first year coincides with the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jer 25:1). As Nebuchadnezzar acted as king, so far as the Jews were concerned, from that time forward, although he conducted the war by command of his father, this is always reckoned as the point of time at which his reign commenced, both in our books and also in Jeremiah (cf. 2Ki 25:8; Jer 32:1). According to this calculation, his reign lasted forty-four years, viz., the eight years of Jehoiakim and the thirty-six years of Jehoiachin’s imprisonment, as is evident from 2Ki 25:27.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(12) And Jehoiaehin the king of Judah went out . . .Despairing of the defence, he threw himself upon the clemency of Nebuchadnezzar. The queen-mother (Jer. 22:2) and all his grandees and courtiers accompanied the king, who probably hoped to be allowed to keep his throne as a vassal of Babylon.
Took himi.e., as a prisoner.
In the eighth year of his (i.e., Nebuchadnezzars) reign.This exactly tallies with the data of Jer. 25:1; Jer. 46:2.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
12. Jehoiachin went out To make a voluntary and complete surrender, probably hoping that such ready submission would secure for himself the favour of the Babylonian monarch, and the privilege granted by the same monarch to his father seven years before, (2Ki 24:1,) of continuing at Jerusalem as a vassal king. His mother servants princes
officers It was a complete and unconditional surrender, involving all the chief persons of the kingdom of Judah in the fate of the king. The word rendered officers is , eunuchs, showing that the kings of Jerusalem had at this time introduced this class of servants and officials into the Jewish court. They doubtless borrowed the custom from the eastern monarchs.
Took him As a captive.
Eighth year of his reign That is, of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign. The first year of Nebuchadnezzar was the fourth of Jehoiakim, (Jer 25:1,) and in that year he smote Carchemish (Jer 46:2) and received Jehoiakim’s submission. 2Ki 24:1, note. Jehoiakim reigned seven years after that event, (chap. xxiii, 36,) so that the surrender of Jehoiachin, who had ruled three months, must have fallen in the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
Ver. 12. And the king of Babylon took him. ] Suscepit eum; gratiose scilicet; he gave him quarter for his life, and in the end, for a reward of his obedience and piety towards his country, he was much advanced by Evilmerodaeh, Nebuchadnezsar’s successor. 2Ki 25:27
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
officers: i.e. eunuchs or chamberlains.
the eighth year. Computed from the time that his father entrusted him with regal authority. This was the 4th year of Jehoiakim (Jer 25:1, Compare 2Ki 32:1).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the king
Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year. Jer 25:1.
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Jehoiachin: 2Ch 36:10, Jer 24:1, Jer 29:1, Jer 29:2, Jer 38:17, Jer 38:18, Eze 17:12
officers: or, eunuchs
took him: 2Ki 25:27, Jer 52:28, Jer 52:31
eighth year: “Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year.” Jer 25:1, Jer 52:28
Reciprocal: Deu 28:36 – bring thee 2Ki 20:18 – thy sons 2Ki 25:8 – the nineteenth 2Ki 25:29 – changed Ecc 4:14 – also Isa 29:3 – General Isa 36:16 – come out Isa 39:7 – of thy sons Jer 13:18 – unto Jer 20:5 – I will deliver Jer 34:19 – the eunuchs Jer 36:30 – He shall Jer 37:1 – Coniah Jer 52:12 – the nineteenth Lam 2:9 – her king Eze 1:2 – General Eze 11:16 – Thus saith Eze 19:1 – the princes Eze 24:1 – the ninth year Hab 1:10 – scoff Zep 1:8 – the princes
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 24:12. Jehoiachin went out to the king of Babylon Yielded up himself and the city into his hands; and this by the counsel of Jeremiah, and to his own good. In the eighth year of his reign Of Nebuchadnezzars reign, as appears by comparing this with 2Ki 25:8; and because Jehoiachin reigned not half a year. Had he made his peace with God, and taken the method that Hezekiah did in the like case, he needed not to have feared the king of Babylon, but might have held out with courage, honour, and success. But, wanting the faith and piety of an Israelite, he had not the resolution of a man.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah {d} went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year {e} of his reign.
(d) That is, yielded himself to him by the counsel of Jeremiah.
(e) In the reign of the king of Babylon.