In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. Ver. 1. _Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon._] Son of Nabopolassar who founded the Babylonian monarchy. _ Came up,_] _sc., _ After that he had beaten the king of E... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. Ver. 2. _And the Lord sent against... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely at the commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; Ver. 3. _Surely at the commandment of the Lord._] Heb., At the mouth, _i.e., _ _Ex praestituto._ God's holy hand is in all the miseries that befal... [ Continue Reading ]
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. Ver. 4. _And also for the innocent blood._] Of this crying sin Jehoahaz also and Jehoiakim were deeply guilty. Jer 22:17 Eze 19:1-14... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Ver. 5. _Now the rest of the acts._] See 1 Kings 15:23 .... [ Continue Reading ]
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 6. _So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers._] _Respectu habito ad communem naturae legem; _ Jehoiakim died, being slain in Jerusalem, and as "an ass cast forth beyond the gates"; Jer 22:18-19 or else, going captive... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. Ver. 7. _For the king of Babylon had taken._] About this time died Nabopolassar the father of Nebuchadnezzar: wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Jehoiachin [was] eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name [was] Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. Ver. 8. _Jehoiakin was eighteen years old,_] _sc., _ When he began to reign alone. See 2 Chronicles 36:9. _Mutavit Iudae... [ Continue Reading ]
And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. Ver. 9. _And he did._] See 1 Kings 11:16 .... [ Continue Reading ]
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. Ver. 10. _At that time._] About the spring. 2Ch 36:10 Much about the same time was Cyrus born for a scourge to Babylon, _a_ but for a relief to God's poor prisoners of hope there; accor... [ Continue Reading ]
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. Ver. 11. _And his servants did besiege it._] Till their king came himself in person, and entered the city, as Sulpitius hath it: but whereas he addeth, that at this time, _urbem murosque ac templum solo strav... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. Ver. 12. _And the king of Babylon took him._] _Suscepit eum; gratiose scilicet; _ he gave him... [ Continue Reading ]
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, 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. Ver. 13. _All the treasures._] That is, All that he met with,... [ Continue Reading ]
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, [even] ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. Ver. 14. _And he carried away all Jerusalem,_] _i.e., _ The greater and better pa... [ Continue Reading ]
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, [those] carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. Ver. 15. _These carried he into captivity into Babylon._] Where it fared better with them than with thos... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the men of might, [even] seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all [that were] strong [and] apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. Ver. 16. _Craftsmen, &c._] Eighteen thousand in all; this was the second captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Ver. 17. _And the king of Babylon had made Mattaniah._] His name signifieth God's gift, the same as Nathanael, Theodore, Diodate. Good Josiah gave all his children good names but they pr... [ Continue Reading ]
Zedekiah [was] twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. Ver. 18. _And he reigned eleven years._] But had small joy of his kingdom; so had King John of England.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. Ver. 19. _And he did that which was evil._] Breaking covenant both with God, Jer 34:17 and with men. Eze 17:18-19... [ Continue Reading ]
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. Ver. 20. _For through the anger of the Lord._] Who hardened Zedekiah's heart, that he "humbled not himself before Jeremiah," &c... [ Continue Reading ]