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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 KINGS 24
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1 Jehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling
against him, procures his own ruin.
5 Jehoiachin succeeds him.
7 The king of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Babylon.
8 Jehoiachin's evil reign.
10 Jerusalem is taken and carried captive into Babylon.
17 Zedekiah is made king, and reigns ill, unto the utter
destruction of Judah.
VERSE 1
- his days.
* 2Ki 17:5 2Ch 36:6-21 Jer 25:1,9; 46:2 Da 1:1
- Nebuchadnezzar.
This prince, so famous in the writings of the prophets, was
the son of Nabopollasar king of Babylon.
VERSE 2
- the Lord.
* 2Ki 6:23; 13:20,21 De 28:49,50 2Ch 33:11 Job 1:17 Isa 7:17; 13:5
* Jer 35:11 Eze 19:8
- according.
* 2Ki 20:17; 21:12-14; 23:27 Isa 6:11,12 Jer 25:9; 26:6,20; 32:28
* Mic 3:12
- his. Heb. the hand of his.
VERSE 3
- Surely.
* 2Ki 18:25 Ge 50:20 2Ch 24:24; 25:16 Isa 10:5,6; 45:7; 46:10,11
* Am 3:6
- remove them.
* 2Ki 23:26,27 Le 26:33-35 De 4:26,27; 28:63; 29:28 Jos 23:15
* Jer 15:1-4 Mic 2:10
- for the sins.
* 2Ki 21:2-11 Ex 20:5
VERSE 4
- for the innocent.
* 2Ki 21:16 Nu 35:33 De 19:10 Jer 2:34; 19:4
- he filled.
* Ps 106:38
- which.
* Jer 15:1,2 La 3:42 Eze 33:25
VERSE 5
- the rest.
* 2Ch 36:8 Jer 22:13-17; 26:1-32 36:32
VERSE 6
- A.M. 3405. B.C. 599. slept
As Jehoiakim was "buried with the burial of an ass," by being
"drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem," without
internment, the expression "slept with his fathers," can only
mean that the died, or slept the sleep of death. In the East,
a body exposed during the night would be a prey to wild
animals; if any of it were left till the morning, the
carnivorous birds would devour it.
* 2Ch 36:6,8 Jer 22:18,19; 36:30
- Jehoiachin.
As this man reigned only three months, and was a mere vassal
of the king of Babylon, his reign is scarcely reckoned; and
therefore Jeremiah (ch. 30 31:30) says of Jehoiakim, "he shall
have none to sit upon the throne of David."
VERSE 7
- the king.
* Jer 37:5-7; 46:2
- from the river.
* Ge 15:18 Nu 34:5 Jos 15:4 1Ki 4:21 Isa 27:12
VERSE 8
- Jehoiachin.
* 1Ch 3:16 Jer 24:1
- Jeconiah.
* Jer 22:24,28; 37:1
- Coniah.
* Mt 1:11,12
- Jechonias.
- eighteen years.
In the parallel place, he is said to be only eight years old;
but this must be a mistake, for we find that having reigned
only three months, he was carried captive to Babylon, and
there had wives; and had he been of such a tender age, it
could scarcely have been said that, as a king, "he did that
which was evil in the sight of the Lord."
* 2Ch 36:9
VERSE 9
- evil.
Young renders, "the evil thing," noting, "that is, idolatry."
- according.
* :19 2Ch 36:12
VERSE 10
- At that time.
* Da 1:1,2
- was besieged. Heb. came into siege.
* 2Ki 25:2
VERSE 11
VERSE 12
- Jehoiachin.
* 2Ch 36:10 Jer 24:1; 29:1,2; 38:17,18 Eze 17:12
- officers. or, eunuchs. took him.
* 2Ki 25:27 Jer 52:28,31
- eigth year.
"Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year."
* Jer 25:1; 52:28
VERSE 13
- he carried.
* 2Ki 20:17 Isa 39:6 Jer 20:5
- and cut.
* 2Ki 25:13-15 Ezr 1:7-11 Jer 27:16-21; 28:3,4,6 Da 5:2,3
- which Solomon.
* 1Ki 7:48-50 2Ch 4:7-22
VERSE 14
- all.
That is, all the chief men, the nobles, and the artificers.
Among these were 7,000 mighty men, and 1,000 craftsmen and
smiths.
- Jerusalem.
* 2Ch 36:9,10 Jer 24:1-5; 52:28 Eze 1:1,2
- craftsmen. So
* 1Sa 23:19-22
- the poorest sort.
* 2Ki 25:12 Jer 39:10; 40:7; 52:16 Eze 17:14
VERSE 15
- he carried. See on ver.
* :8 2Ch 36:10 Es 2:6 Jer 22:24-28
- officers. or, eunuchs.
VERSE 16
- seven thousand.
* Jer 29:2; 52:28
VERSE 17
- the king.
* 2Ch 36:10,11 Jer 37:1; 52:1
- his father's brother.
He was son of Josiah, brother to Jehoiakim, and uncle of
Jehoiachin.
* 1Ch 3:15,16 2Ch 36:10
- changed.
The change of name was to shew Nebuchadnezzar's supremacy, and
that Zedekiah was only his vassal or viceroy. The custom of
changing names, we are assured by travellers, still exists in
the East.
* 2Ki 23:34 2Ch 36:4
VERSE 18
- A.M. 3405-3416. B.C. 599-588. Zedekiah.
* 2Ch 36:11 Jer 37:1; 52:1-11
- Hamutal.
* 2Ki 23:31
VERSE 19
- And he did.
* 2Ki 23:37 2Ch 36:12 Jer 24:8; 37:1-28 38:28 Eze 21:25
VERSE 20
- through.
* 2Ki 22:17 Ex 9:14-17 De 2:30 Isa 19:11-14 1Co 1:20 2Th 2:9-11
- Zedekiah.
* 2Ch 36:13 Jer 27:12-15; 38:17-21 Eze 17:15-20
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