2 Kings 24:3

3 Surely at the mitzvah of the LORD came this on Yehudah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Menashsheh, according to all that he did,

2 Kings 24:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 24:3

Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to
remove them out of his sight
It was the sure and certain decree of God they should be carried captive, and therefore he stirred up the spirit of Nebuchadnezzar, and gave him orders to go against it:

for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
which were still continued among the Jews, and committed by them, though repented of by Manasseh, and he returned from them.

2 Kings 24:3 In-Context

1 In his days Nevukhadnetztzar king of Bavel came up, and Yehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

2 The LORD sent against him bands of the Kasdim, and bands of the Aram, and bands of the Mo`avim, and bands of the children of `Ammon, and sent them against Yehudah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.

3 Surely at the mitzvah of the LORD came this on Yehudah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Menashsheh, according to all that he did,

4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Yerushalayim with innocent blood: and the LORD would not pardon.

5 Now the rest of the acts of Yehoiakim, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehudah?