2 Kings 24:1-2

Jehoiakim King of Judah

1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled.

2 The LORD sent Babylonian,^[a] Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the LORD proclaimed by his servants the prophets.

2 Kings 24:1-2 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.

Cross References

• 1. ver 10; 2 Kings 25:11; Ezra 5:12; Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 25:1,9; Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 50:17; Jeremiah 52:15; Ezekiel 32:2; Daniel 1:1; Daniel 7:4
• 2. Jeremiah 35:11
• 3. S 2 Kings 18:7
• 4. Jeremiah 5:15; Habakkuk 1:6
• 5. Jeremiah 35:11
• 6. S 2 Kings 5:2
• 7. Isaiah 28:18-19; Jeremiah 25:9
• 8. Jeremiah 12:7-9; Jeremiah 25:1; Jeremiah 26:1; Jeremiah 36:1; Ezekiel 23:23; Daniel 1:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Chaldean"