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
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