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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

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 24:19

He did - evil - How astonishing is this! not one of them takes warning by the judgments of God, which fell on their sinful predecessors. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 24:20

Zedekiah rebelled - This was in the eighth year of his reign: and he is strongly reproved for having violated the oath he took to the king of Babylon: see 2 Chronicles 36:13 . This was the filling up of the measure of iniquity; and now the wrath of God descends upon this devoted king, city, and people, to the uttermost. See the catastrophe in the next chapter. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 24:19

He did that which was evil - The character of Zedekiah seems to have been weak rather than wicked. Consult Jeremiah 34:0; Jeremiah 37:0: His chief recorded sins were:(1) his refusal to be guided in his political conduct by Jeremiah’s counsels, while nevertheless he admitted him to be a true Yahweh-prophet; and(2) his infraction of the allegiance which he had sworn to Nebuchadnezzar. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 24:20

It came to pass - Some prefer “came this to pass:” in the sense. “Through the anger of the Lord was it that another had king ruled in Jerusalem and in Judah:” concluding the chapter with the word “presence;” and beginning the next chapter with the words, “And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.”Rebelled - The Book of Jeremiah explains the causes of rebellion. In Zedekiah’s early years there was an impression, both at Jerusalem Jeremiah 28:1-11 and at Babylon Jeremiah 29:5-28, that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 24:18-19

2 Kings 24:18-19. He reigned eleven years In the end of which he was carried captive, Jeremiah 1:3. He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord Not regarding the reproofs, exhortations, or predictions of Jeremiah, but shutting him up in prison, Jeremiah 33:1-2; 2 Chronicles 36:12. And his servants, and the people of the land, were as wicked and incorrigible as himself, Jeremiah 37:1-2. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 24:20

2 Kings 24:20. For through the anger of the Lord, &c. God was so highly displeased with this wicked people, that he permitted Zedekiah to break his faith with Nebuchadnezzar, and to rebel against him, forgetting for what cause he changed his name. Unto this revolt, it is probable, he was persuaded by the ambassadors which the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Zidon, sent unto him, to solicit him to throw off the yoke of the king of Babylon, Jeremiah 27:2-4, &c.; which was the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:18-20

The destruction of Jerusalem (24:18-25:21)All Judah’s most capable administrators had been taken captive to Babylon. The few advisers who were left to Zedekiah had no true understanding of the situation, either political or religious, and persuaded the weak king to seek Egypt’s help in rebelling against Babylon. This was a policy that Jeremiah clearly saw was disastrous, for it would lead only to the horrors of siege and destruction. His advice was that Judah accept its fate as God’s will and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 24:18

Hamutal. Therefore only half-brother to Jehoiakim, but full brother to Jehoahaz. read more