2 Kings 24:19 NIV

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

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

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

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 24:19

did that which was evil. See 2 Chronicles 36:12-16 . Jeremiah 24:8 ; Jeremiah 37:2 ; Jeremiah 38:2 , Jeremiah 38:5 . 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 24:19

THE REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH, the last KING OF JUDAH (2 Kings 24:17 to 2 Kings 25:7; comp. 2 Chronicles 36:11 seq.; Jeremiah 52:0).This section and the parallel in Jeremiah appear to have been derived from the same historical work. The text of Jeremiah is generally, though not always, the best.(19) And he did that which was evil . . .—The evidence of the prophet Jeremiah should be compared with this statement. (See especially Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 37:1-2; Jeremiah 38:5, and Comp. Note on 2... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 24:18-20

ZEDEKIAH, THE LAST KING OF JUDAHB.C. 597-5862 Kings 24:18-20; 2 Kings 25:1-7"Quand ce grand Dieu a choisi quelqu’un pour etre l’instrument de ses desseins rien n’arrete le cours, en enchaine, ou il aveugle, ou il dompte tout ce qui est capable de resistance."- BOSSUET, "Oraison funebre de Henriette Marie."WHEN Jehoiachin was carried captive to Babylon, never to return, his uncle Mattaniah ("Jehovah’s gift"), the third son of Josiah, was put by Nebuchadrezzar in his place. In solemn ratification... read more