2 Kings 24:1-6

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.

3 Surely these things happened to Judah according to the LORD’s command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done,

4 including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.

5 As for the other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

6 Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

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2 Kings 24:1-6 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

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
9. S 2 Kings 18:25
10. 2 Kings 13:23
11. S 1 Kings 14:9; S 2 Kings 21:12; 2 Kings 23:26; Jeremiah 15:4
12. S 2 Kings 21:16; Jeremiah 22:3
13. S Exodus 23:21; Lamentations 3:42
14. Jeremiah 22:18-19
15. Jeremiah 22:19; Jeremiah 36:30
16. 1 Chronicles 3:16; Jeremiah 22:24,28; Ezekiel 19:1

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "Chaldean"