2 Kings 24:13-15

13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the temple of the LORD and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the LORD.

14 He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.

15 Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother, his wives, his officials and the prominent people of the land.

2 Kings 24:13-15 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 20:17
• 2. 2 Kings 25:15; Isaiah 39:6; Isaiah 42:22
• 3. 2 Kings 25:14; Ezra 1:7; Isaiah 39:6; Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:3; Jeremiah 20:5; Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 28:3; Ezekiel 7:21; Daniel 1:2; Daniel 5:2,23; Zephaniah 1:13
• 4. S 1 Kings 7:51
• 5. S Deuteronomy 28:36; S 2 Chronicles 36:20; S Matthew 1:11; Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 52:28
• 6. Isaiah 3:1-3
• 7. Deuteronomy 15:11; 2 Kings 25:12; Job 5:16; Psalms 9:18; Jeremiah 40:7; Jeremiah 52:16
• 8. S 2 Kings 20:18; Ezekiel 19:9
• 9. S ver 8; S 1 Kings 2:19; Jeremiah 22:24-28
• 10. Esther 2:6; Isaiah 39:7; Lamentations 2:9; Ezekiel 1:2; Ezekiel 17:12-14; Daniel 1:3