John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:11
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city ,.... He came in person, following his army: and his servants did besiege it ; very closely. read more
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John Gill
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:12
And Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon ,.... Not to fight with him, but to submit to him, and to surrender the city to him, and be at his mercy: he and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers ; the royal family, courtiers, and nobles: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign ; Of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, and which was the eighth of the first captivity, and from whence the seventy years' captivity were reckoned. read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:13
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ,.... The gates of the city being thrown open to him, he entered and plundered the temple, and the royal palace, and took from thence all the riches thereof: and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said ; 2 Kings 20:17 and so the prophecy of Isaiah was fulfilled. No more is said of these vessels in... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:14
And he carried away all Jerusalem ,.... The inhabitants of it; not every individual of them, but the chief of them, the more honourable, rich, and useful; for the poorer sort were left, as afterwards expressed: and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives ; which was the number of them in the whole; the particulars are after delivered: and all the craftsmen and smiths ; besides the nobles and the soldiers, he took all the artificers that exercised... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:15
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon ,.... Where he continued at least thirty seven years, 2 Kings 25:27 . and the king's mother ; whose name was Nehushta, 2 Kings 24:8 . and the king's wives ; for though he was so young, it seems he had many wives, as was the custom of those times; or his "women", who were either his concubines, or servants in his family: and his officers ; in his court: and the mighty of the land; the princes and nobles thereof; or "the fools of the... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:16
And all the men of might, even seven thousand ,.... The particulars of the 10,000 carried captive are here given; 7000 of which were the principal men of the land: and craftsmen and smiths one thousand ; which made 8000: all that were strong, and apt for war ; of these consisted the other 2000; so Abarbinel reckons them; but, according to the Jewish chronologer F20 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 25. , which Jarchi and other Jewish commentators follow, the 7000 were out of the tribe of... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:17
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead ,.... The third son of Josiah, 1 Chronicles 3:15 . and changed his name to Zedekiah ; for the same reason the king of Egypt changed the name of Eliakim, 2 Kings 23:34 to signify his subjection to him; though some think it was to put him in mind of the justice of God, as the name signifies, that would overtake him, should he be treacherous to him, and rebel against him; so the Jewish Midrash. read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:18-20
Zedekiah was twenty years old when he began to reign ,.... So that he was but between nine and ten years of age when his father Josiah died; for Jehoahaz reigned three months, Jehoiakim eleven years, and his son three months and ten days: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah ; by which it appears that he was the brother of Jehoahaz by father and mother's side, 2 Kings 23:31 . This and the two following verses are... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 24:12
Jehoiachin - went out - He saw that it was useless to attempt to defend himself any longer; and he therefore surrendered himself, hoping to obtain better terms. read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 24:8-20
This should have been the history of king Jehoiachin's reign, but, alas! it is only the history of king Jehoiachin's captivity, as it is called, Ezek. 1:2. He came to the crown, not to have the honour of wearing it, but the shame of losing it. Ideo tantum venerat, ut exiret?He came in only to go out. I. His reign was short and inconsiderable. He reigned but three months, and then was removed and carried captive to Babylon, as his father, it is likely, would have been if he had lived but so... read more