2 Kings 24:2 NIV

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Kings 24:1-20

2. Jehoiachin and Zedekiah: The Beginning of Judah’s Captivity CHAPTER 24 1. Jehoiakim, Servant of Nebuchadnezzar, and His Death (2 Kings 24:1-5 ; 2 Chronicles 36:6-7 ) 2. Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:6-10 ; 2 Chronicles 36:8-9 ) 3. The first deportation to Babylon (2 Kings 24:11-16 ) 4. Zedekiah, the last king, and his rebellion (2 Kings 24:17-20 ) The foe of Judah, the chosen instrument of the Lord to execute His wrath upon the people and the city, now comes to the front. Jeremiah had... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 24:1-20

Pharaoh was not able to maintain his dominance over Judah, however, not that Judah was able to break it, but because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon displaced Pharaoh and took his place in making Jehoiakim his servant (v.24). For three years Jehoiakim remained subject to Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelled (v.1), not because of faith in the living God, but because he would not bow to the governmental results of his sin. Since Jehoiakim decided that he would not bow to the governmental results of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:1-20

THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY THE LAST OF THE KINGS (2 Kings 24:0 ) In the previous lesson we left Judah tributary to Egypt, which had been victorious at Megiddo. This lasted five years, when Babylon, now master of her old-time enemy Assyria, and eager to cross swords with Egypt for world-supremacy, came up against her, and compelled allegiance. After three years Jehoiakim revolted (2 Kings 24:1 ), and for the remainder of his reign was harassed by bands of enemies (2 Kings 24:2 ) perhaps... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Kings 24:1-20

2 Kings 24:0 1. In his days [605 b.c.] Nebuchadnezzar king [at this time Crown Prince] of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. [Nebuchadnezzar, son of Nabopolassar, and second monarch of the Babylonian Empire, ascended the throne 604 b.c., and reigned forty-three years, dying 561 b.c. He is acknowledged to be the most celebrated of all the Babylonian sovereigns. No other heathen king occupies so much space in Scripture. It would... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Kings 24:2-7

I pray the Reader to observe the hand of God in all this. Evil men are but instruments for the accomplishment of the divine will. Judah must be removed, as Israel had been before. It is, for the most part, by sorrow and chastisement the stout hearts of obstinate sinners are brought low. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:2

The rovers. Latrunculos. Bands or parties of men, who pillaged and plundered wherever they came. (Challoner) See chap. v. 2., and Judges xi. 3. --- Nabuchodonosor could not come in person. --- Prophets. Holda, supra chap. xxii. 16., and Isaias xx. 17., and Jeremias xiv., xv., xvi., &c. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 24:1-7

1-7 If Jehoiakim had served the Lord, he had not been servant to Nebuchadnezzar. If he had been content with his servitude, and true to his word, his condition had been no worse; but, rebelling against Babylon, he plunged himself into more trouble. See what need nations have to lament the sins of their fathers, lest they smart for them. Threatenings will be fulfilled as certainly as promises, if the sinner's repentance prevent not. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Kings 24:1-7

The Reign of Jehoiakim v. 1. In his days, in the fifth or sixth year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up, after he had inflicted a decisive defeat on the Egyptian forces at Carchemish, on the Euphrates, Jeremiah 46:2, and Jehoiakim, after the surrender of Jerusalem, became his servant, his tributary vassal, three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. v. 2. And the Lord sent against him, as a punishment for his sins, bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 2 Kings 24:1-20

THIRD SECTIONThe Monarchy From The Reign Of Jehoahaz To That Of Zedekiah(2 Kings 23:31 to 2 Kings 25:30)A.—The Reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah2 Kings 23:31 to 2 Kings 25:731Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according [like] to all that his fathers had done. 33And... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Kings 24:1-9

the Price of Innocent Blood 2 Kings 24:1-9 Note the entail of Manasseh’s sin. He had lived, had been forgiven, and had died years before, but Judah was irretrievably implicated in his sins. The poison had eaten into the national heart, and for the innocent blood which had been shed like water there had been no amends. Notice the emphatic statement that Nebuchadnezzar and the other enemies who came against the land were deliberately carrying out the divine chastenings. They were, as Isaiah... read more