The mighty of the land – <\/B>Or the great, the powerful. The word used is quite distinct from that in 2Ki 24:14<\/span>, 2Ki 24:16<\/span>. It refers, not to bodily strength or fitness for war, hut to civil rank or dignity. The term would include all civil and all ecclesiastical functionaries – the nobles, courtiers, and elders of the city on the one hand, the priests, prophets (among them, Ezekiel), and Levites on the other.<\/P> <\/p>\n And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon<\/strong>,…. Where he continued at least thirty seven years, 2Ki 25:27<\/span><\/p>\n and the king’s mother<\/strong>; whose name was Nehushta, 2Ki 24:8<\/span><\/p>\n and the king’s wives<\/strong>; for though he was so young, it seems he had many wives, as was the custom of those times; or his “women”, who were either his concubines, or servants in his family:<\/p>\n and his officers<\/strong>; in his court: and the mighty of the land; the princes and nobles thereof; or “the fools of the land”, as the word is written; so the people generally were:<\/p>\n those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon<\/strong>; which, according to Bunting s, were six hundred and eighty miles distant from each other.<\/p>\n s Travels, &c. p. 198.<\/p>\n (15) And he carried away.<\/strong>The form of the verb is different from that in 2Ki. 24:14<\/span>. We might render: Yea,<\/em> he carried away; for 2Ki. 24:15-16<\/span> simply give the particulars<\/em> of what was stated generally in 2Ki. 24:14<\/span>. In the present verse the princes are defined.<\/p>\n He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the kings mother.<\/strong>Fulfilment of Jer. 22:24-27<\/span>.<\/p>\n The mighty of the land.<\/strong>So the Targum, the magnates of the land. All who could do so, must have taken refuge in Jerusalem at the approach of the Chaldan army.<\/p>\n 15<\/strong>. <\/strong> Carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon <\/strong> Where he remained in prison for thirty-seven years, and then was liberated and honoured by Evil-merodach. 2Ki 25:27-30<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2Ki 24:15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, [those] carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.<\/p>\n Ver. 15. These carried he into captivity into Babylon.<\/strong> ] Where it fared better with them than with those that were left behind. Jer 24:4-5<\/span> , &c.<\/em> To these the prophet Jeremiah wrote a letter, if Apocryphal Baruch may be believed. \/APC Bar 6:1<\/em> <\/p>\n Jehoiachin to Babylon. Where he was captive for thirty-seven years. <\/p>\n the mighty of the land. Princes and potentates, priests and prophets (Jer 29:1). Among them Ezekiel (2Ki 1:12), Daniel, and Nehemiah. <\/p>\n he carried: 2Ki 24:8, 2Ch 36:10, Est 2:6, Jer 22:24-28 <\/p>\n officers: or, eunuchs <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jer 13:18 – unto Jer 22:25 – I Jer 22:26 – General Jer 34:19 – the eunuchs Jer 38:7 – eunuchs Lam 1:3 – gone Eze 17:13 – he hath also<\/p>\n And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, [those] carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. The mighty of the land – Or the great, the powerful. The word used is quite distinct from that in 2Ki 24:14, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 24:15”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"