Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 24:3
Surely at the commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
3. for the sins of Manasseh ] See above on 2Ki 23:26. The fifty-five years of Manasseh’s rule sealed the nation’s fate.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
For the sins of Manasseh; properly and directly for their own sins, and occasionally for the sins of Manasseh, which had never been charged upon them, if they had not made them their own by their impenitency for them, and repetition of them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight,…. It was the sure and certain decree of God they should be carried captive, and therefore he stirred up the spirit of Nebuchadnezzar, and gave him orders to go against it:
for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; which were still continued among the Jews, and committed by them, though repented of by Manasseh, and he returned from them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(3) Surely at the commandment.Literally, Only (i.e., upon no other ground than) upon the mouth (i.e., at the command of; 2Ki. 23:35) of Jehovah did it happen in Judah. The LXX. and Syriac read wrath instead of mouth, which Ewald prefers (so 2Ki. 24:20).
Out of his sight.From before his face, i.e., as the Targum explains, from the land where he was present in his Temple.
For the sins of Manasseh.Comp. 2Ki. 21:11 seq., 2Ki. 23:26 seq.; Jer. 15:4.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
3. For the sins of Manasseh The judgment came not merely for the actual sins of that one idolatrous king, but, as the whole course of the history shows, because the nation persisted in a class of sins of which those of Manasseh were most conspicuous representatives.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 24:3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
Ver. 3. Surely at the commandment of the Lord. ] Heb., At the mouth, i.e., Ex praestituto. God’s holy hand is in all the miseries that befall his people. Amo 3:6
For the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
commandment. Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is spoken by it.
according to all. A special reading called Sevir (App-34) reads “in all”. So some codices.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Surely: 2Ki 18:25, Gen 50:20, 2Ch 24:24, 2Ch 25:16, Isa 10:5, Isa 10:6, Isa 45:7, Isa 46:10, Isa 46:11, Amo 3:6
remove them: 2Ki 23:26, 2Ki 23:27, Lev 26:33-35, Deu 4:26, Deu 4:27, Deu 28:63, Deu 29:28, Jos 23:15, Jer 15:1-4, Mic 2:10
for the sins: 2Ki 21:2-11, Exo 20:5
Reciprocal: 2Sa 21:9 – before the Lord 2Ki 21:6 – wrought 2Ki 21:11 – Because 2Ki 21:16 – Manasseh 2Ch 33:9 – made Judah 2Ch 34:25 – Because 2Ch 36:17 – he brought Jer 15:4 – because Jer 32:31 – that I Jer 34:22 – I will command Jer 52:28 – in the Eze 18:19 – Why Eze 22:2 – bloody city Mat 1:10 – Manasses Mat 27:25 – His
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 24:3-4. To remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh Properly and directly for their own sins, and remotely for the sins of Manasseh; who had so corrupted the whole body of the people, that they were become incurable, and Josiahs reformation had no lasting influence to recover them: for, immediately upon his death, they relapsed into their old idolatry, and other vices. Manassehs personal sins, although, as he was their chief ruler, they were to be considered as national sins, and merited national punishment, yet would never have been charged on the nation, unless they had made them their own by their impenitency for them, and repetition of them. And for the innocent blood which he shed Namely, of those prophets and saints, who either reproved, or would not comply with his idolatrous worship. Which the Lord would not pardon That is, would not remit the temporal punishment of the land, though he did pardon it so as not to inflict eternal punishment upon his own person, for from that God undoubtedly exempted him upon his repentance. God is the righteous governor of the world, and the guardian of civil society, and in it order could not be preserved, if he did not interpose in his providence, and, on proper occasions, cause signal and national judgments to follow public and national crimes.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
24:3 Surely at the {b} commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
(b) Though God used these wicked tyrants to execute his just judgments, they are not to be excused, for they proceeded from ambition and malice.