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2 Kings 24:12-20

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12 1and Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. 2The king of Babylon took him prisoner 3in the eighth year of his reign
13 and carried off all the treasures of the house of the LORD 4and the treasures of the king's house, 5and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the LORD, 6which Solomon king of Israel had made, 7as the LORD had foretold.
14 8He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, 9 10,000 captives, 10and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, 11except the poorest people of the land.
15 12And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16 And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, 13 7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war.
17 14And the king of Babylon 15made Mattaniah, 16Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, 17and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

18 18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was 19Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, 20according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 For because of the anger of the LORD it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence. 21And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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2 Kings 24:12-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 24

This chapter relates the rebellion of Jehoiakim against the king of Babylon, which prepared the way for the ruin of the kingdom of Judah, according to the decree of God, and also the death of Jehoiakim, and the conquest the king of Babylon made of part of the land of the king of Egypt, 2Ki 24:1-7 and the short and wicked reign of Jehoiachin his son, when he and the royal family, with great numbers of the inhabitants of the land, were carried captive to Babylon, 2Ki 24:8-16, and his uncle was made king in his room, 2Ki 24:17-20.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 21

  • 1. [Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:1, 2; Ezekiel 17:12]
  • 2. [2 Chronicles 36:10]
  • 3. [2 Kings 25:27]
  • 4. 2 Kings 20:17; Isaiah 39:6
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 36:7; Ezra 1:7; Daniel 1:2; Daniel 5:2, 3
  • 6. See 1 Kings 7:48-50
  • 7. Jeremiah 20:5
  • 8. Jeremiah 24:1
  • 9. [ver. 16; Jeremiah 52:28]
  • 10. Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:2; [1 Samuel 13:19, 22]
  • 11. 2 Kings 25:12
  • 12. 2 Chronicles 36:10; Esther 2:6; [Jeremiah 22:24-26]
  • 13. [ver. 14]
  • 14. For ver. 17-20, see 2 Chronicles 36:10-13
  • 15. [Jeremiah 37:1]
  • 16. [1 Chronicles 3:15]
  • 17. [2 Kings 23:34; 2 Chronicles 36:4]
  • 18. For ch. 24:18 - 25:21, see Jeremiah 52:1-7
  • 19. 2 Kings 23:31
  • 20. 2 Kings 23:37
  • 21. [Ezekiel 17:18]
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