2 Kings 24:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 24:6

(6) So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers.—The usual notice of the king’s burial is omitted, and the omission is significant, considered in the light of Jeremiah’s prophecy: “Thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; they shall not lament for him . . . He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem”(Jeremiah 22:18-19; comp. Jeremiah 36:30). Jehoiakim appears to have been slain in an encounter with the bauds of... read more

William Nicoll

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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Kings 24:6

24:6 So Jehoiakim {c} slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.(c) Not that he was buried with his fathers, but he died in the way, as they let him prisoner toward Babylon, see Jeremiah 22:19. 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 24:6

Joachin, who is styled Jechonias, Matthew i., and Conias [in] Jeremias xxii. 24. The prophet counts his reign as nothing, because it was so limited by the Chaldeans, and continued only three months, Jeremias xxxvi. 30. 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

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