Bible Commentary

And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. 4. which [R.V. and ] the Lord would not pardon ] The example, set for so long a time, had so penetrated the national character, that Jehovah, who multiplies His pardon (Isa 55:7), … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 24:4”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 24:3”

And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servants the prophets. 2. And the Lord sent … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 24:2”

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2Ki 24:1. Nebuchadnezzar came up ] We learn from Jeremiah (Jer 46:2) that Pharaoh-nechoh was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar at the Euphrates near Carchemish in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. The Egyptian king … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 24:1”

And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. Verse 37. He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord] He was a most unprincipled and oppressive tyrant. Jeremiah gives us his character at large, Jer 22:13-19, to which the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:37”

Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 36. His mother’s name was Zebudah ] R.V. Zebidah. The R.V. follows the spelling of the Kethib. The name Rumah, the native place of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:36”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:35”

And Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. 34. Eliakim and turned his name to Jehoiakim ] We can hardly think that this change was made by Pharaoh. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:34”

And Pharaoh Necho put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 33. put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath ] In 2Ch 36:3 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:33”

And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. i.e. His grandparents, Manasseh and Amon. He restored that idolatry which his father had destroyed, partly to gratify the generality of the people, who had made him king, and who were inclined to their … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 23:32”