Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:1-7
37JEHOIAKIMB.C. 608-5972 Kings 23:36-37; 2 Kings 24:1-7"But those things that are recorded of him, and of his uncleanness and impiety, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings,"- RAPC 1 Esdras 1:42"When Jehoiakim succeeded to the throne, he said,""My predecessors knew not how to provoke God."- Sanhedrin, f. 103, 2"There is no strange handwriting on the wall, Through all the midnight hum no threatening call, Nor on the marble floor the stealthy fall Of fatal footsteps. All is safe.-Thou fool,... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 24:1
XXIV.(1) In his days.—In his fifth or sixth year. In Jehoiakim’s fourth year Nebuchadnezzar defeated Necho at Carchemish (Jeremiah 46:2), and was suddenly called home by the news of the death of Nabopolassar his father, whom he succeeded on the throne of Babylon in the same year (Jeremiah 25:1). From Jeremiah 36:9 we learn that towards the end of Jehoiakim’s fifth year the king of Babylon was expected to invade the land. When this took place, Nebuchadnezzar humbled Jehoiakim, who had probably... read more