2 Kings 24:4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 24:1-7

We have here the first mention of a name which makes a great figure both in the histories and in the prophecies of the Old Testament; it is that of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (2 Kgs. 24:1), that head of gold. He was a potent prince, and one that was the terror of the mighty in the land of the living; and yet his name would not have been known in sacred writ if he had not been employed in the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of the Jews. I. He made Jehoiakim his tributary and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:4

And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood ,.... See 2 Kings 21:16 which cruel usage of the prophets, and servants of the Lord, was still continued; see Jeremiah 26:21 , which the Lord would not pardon ; he pardoned the sins of Manasseh, who repented, but not the sins of those persons who imitated him, but repented not; or though he personally pardoned the sins of Manasseh, so that he was saved everlastingly, yet the temporal punishment... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 24:3-4

2 Kings 24:3-4. To remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh Properly and directly for their own sins, and remotely for the sins of Manasseh; who had so corrupted the whole body of the people, that they were become incurable, and Josiah’s reformation had no lasting influence to recover them: for, immediately upon his death, they relapsed into their old idolatry, and other vices. Manasseh’s personal sins, although, as he was their chief ruler, they were to be considered as... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:1-17

Conquest by Babylon and captivity (24:1-17)In 605 BC the armies of Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar conquered Egypt in the famous Battle of Carchemish (Jeremiah 46:2). This meant that Judah now came under the control of, and paid tribute to, Babylon. When the conquerors returned to Babylon, they took with them captives from the conquered countries, including some of the most capable and well educated young men they could find among the leading families of Jerusalem. One of these was the youth... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 24:4

blood. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), for murder, and the guilt of it. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 24:4

4. the Lord would not pardon—(see on 2 Kings 24:2; 2 Kings 24:2- :). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 24:1-20

Jehoiachin and NebuchadnezzarThis chapter recounts the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jehoiachin, the invasion of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (who carried into captivity Jehoiachin and numbers of the people), and the reign of Zedekiah.1. Nebuchadnezzar] called more accurately in Jeremiah 25:9 and elsewhere ’Nebuchadrezzar.’ He was the son of the Nabopolassar who conquered Nineveh (see on 2 Kings 23:29), and, as his father’s general, defeated the Egyptians in 605 at Carchemish on the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 24:4

(4) The innocent blood.—Heb., blood of the innocent; an expression like hand of the right, i.e., the right hand; or, day of the sixth, i.e., the sixth day. Thenius thinks the murder of some prominent personage, such as Isaiah, may be intended, and wishes to distinguish between the statement of the first clause of the verse and the second; but 2 Kings 21:16, where the two statements are connected more closely, does not favour this view.Which the Lord would not pardon.—Literally, and Jehovah... 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