2 Kings 24:14-16

14 1He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, 2 10,000 captives, 3and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, 4except the poorest people of the land.
15 5And 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, 6 7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war.

2 Kings 24:14-16 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 6

  • 1. Jeremiah 24:1
  • 2. [ver. 16; Jeremiah 52:28]
  • 3. Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:2; [1 Samuel 13:19, 22]
  • 4. 2 Kings 25:12
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 36:10; Esther 2:6; [Jeremiah 22:24-26]
  • 6. [ver. 14]
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