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2 Kings 24:1-7

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Babylon Controls Jehoiakim

1 1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.
2 The LORD sent against him 2bands of Chaldeans, 3bands of Arameans, 4bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites *. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, 5according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets.
3 6Surely at the command of the LORD it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight 7because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,
4 and 8also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not forgive.
5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Judah?

Jehoiachin Reigns

6 So 9Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.
7 10The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again *, 11for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from 12the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.
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2 Kings 24:1-7 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
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Cross References 12

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 36:6; Jeremiah 25:1; Daniel 1:1, 2
  • 2. Jeremiah 35:11
  • 3. 2 Kings 6:23
  • 4. 2 Kings 13:20
  • 5. 2 Kings 23:27
  • 6. 2 Kings 18:25
  • 7. 2 Kings 23:26
  • 8. 2 Kings 21:16
  • 9. Jeremiah 22:18, 19
  • 10. Jeremiah 37:5-7
  • 11. Jeremiah 46:2
  • 12. Genesis 15:18

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Lit "mouth"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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