2 Kings 24:2-12

2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the ¹Chaldeans and ²bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, ³according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by his servants the prophets.

3 Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them out of his sight, ⁴for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,

4 and also ⁵for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.

5 ⁶Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

6 So Jehoiakim ⁷slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

7 ⁸And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, ⁹for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt ¹⁰from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

8 ¹¹Jehoiachin was ¹²eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

9 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, ¹³according to all that his father had done.

Jerusalem Captured

10 At that time the servants of ¹⁴Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

11 And ¹⁵Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,

12 ¹⁶and 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. ¹⁷The king of Babylon took him prisoner ¹⁸in the eighth year of his reign

2 Kings 24:2-12 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. 2 Kings 25:4; Jeremiah 32:28, 29; Jeremiah 35:11; [Ezekiel 19:8]
• 2. Jeremiah 35:11
• 3. 2 Kings 20:17; 2 Kings 21:12-14; 2 Kings 23:27
• 4. 2 Kings 21:11; 2 Kings 23:26
• 5. 2 Kings 21:16
• 6. 2 Chronicles 36:8
• 7. [2 Chronicles 36:6; Jeremiah 22:18, 19; Jeremiah 36:30]
• 8. Jeremiah 37:5-7
• 9. [Jer. 46:2, 20, 24, 26]
• 10. See Numbers 34:5
• 11. [1 Chronicles 3:16; Esther 2:6; Jeremiah 22:24, 28; Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 37:1]
• 12. [2 Chronicles 36:9]
• 13. 2 Kings 23:37
• 14. Daniel 1:1
• 15. [See ver. 10 above]
• 16. [Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:1, 2; Ezekiel 17:12]
• 17. [2 Chronicles 36:10]
• 18. [2 Kings 25:27]