Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Kings 24:6
With his fathers — But it is not said, he was buried with them. No doubt the prophecy of Jeremiah was fulfilled, that he should not be lamented as his father was, but buried with the burial of an ass.
With his fathers — But it is not said, he was buried with them. No doubt the prophecy of Jeremiah was fulfilled, that he should not be lamented as his father was, but buried with the burial of an ass.
Verse 2 Kings 24:6. _JEHOIACHIN HIS SON_] As this man reigned only _three_ _months_ and was a mere _vassal_ to the Babylonians, his reign is scarcely to be reckoned; and therefore Jeremiah says of Je...
JEHOIACHIN - Also called Jeconiah and Coniah. Jehoiachin and Jeconiah both mean “Yahweh will establish,” Coniah, “Yahweh establishes.” Probably his original name was Jehoiachin. When he ascended the t...
2. JEHOIACHIN AND ZEDEKIAH: THE BEGINNING OF JUDAH'S CAPTIVITY CHAPTER 24 _ 1. Jehoiakim, Servant of Nebuchadnezzar, and His Death (2 Kings 24:1; 2 Chronicles 36:6)_ 2. Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:6;
2 KINGS 23:36 TO 2 KINGS 24:7. JEHOIAKIM. A fuller account of the reign is given by Jeremiah, who consistently opposed the king (see Jeremiah 25-27, 35 f., and especially 2 Kings 22:13). The external...
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. Only the fact referred to here. Not the _manner_ of his death and burial, for which see Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 22:19; Jeremiah 36:29;...
_Jehoiakim slept with his fathers_ How the violent death which the prophet foretold came about the history makes no record. Whether he fell in fight with the numberless invaders, or, as seems suggeste...
JEHOIAKIM SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS— It is plain that this expression can signify no more than that he _died_ as his fathers did; for he neither died in his bed, nor was he buried with his fathers, but l...
III. THE REIGN AND REBELLION OF JEHOIAKIM 23:36-24:7 TRANSLATION (36) Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother...
_SO JEHOIAKIM SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS: AND JEHOIACHIN HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Jehoiakim slept with his fathers. This phraseology can mean nothing more than that he died, because he was not buri...
JEHOIACHIN AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR This chapter recounts the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jehoiachin, the invasion of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (who carried into captivity Jehoiachin and numbers...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 24 V1 While Jehoiakim was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to attack the country. Jehoiakim had to serve him...
SO JEHOIAKIM SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. — The usual notice of the king’s burial is omitted, and the omission is significant, considered in the light of Jeremiah’s prophecy: “Thus saith the Lord concernin...
וַ יִּשְׁכַּ֥ב יְהֹויָקִ֖ים עִם ־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַ...
JEHOIAKIM B.C. 608-597 2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 24:1 "But those things that are recorded of him, and of his uncleanness and impiety, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings," - RAPC 1Es 1:42 "W...
THE PRICE OF INNOCENT BLOOD 2 Kings 24:1 Note the entail of Manasseh's sin. He had lived, had been forgiven, and had died years before, but Judah was irretrievably implicated in his sins. The poison...
Jehoiakim became tributary to Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar. The continuity of evil made impossible any respite, and it is solemnly written, "The Lord would not pardon." In this connection the sins of...
So Jehoiakim (c) slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. (c) Not that he was buried with his fathers, but he died in the way, as they let him prisoner toward Babylon, see...
_Joachin, who is styled Jechonias, Matthew i., and Conias [in] Jeremias xxii. 24. The prophet counts his reign as nothing, because it was so limited by the Chaldeans, and continued only three months,...
I pray the Reader to observe the hand of God in all this. Evil men are but instruments for the accomplishment of the divine will. Judah must be removed, as Israel had been before. It is, for the most...
Well, then, in the next portion of our book (2 Kings 21:1-26) we see how truly a pious father may be followed by an impious son. Manasseh, young as he was, did not only begin to reign, but "did that w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 24 AND 25. The kings of Israel had been the fatal examples of a course which had led Judah and all Israel to their ruin (see 2 Kings 16:3). The pious Jehoshap...
SO JEHOIAKIM SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS,.... He died as they did, but was not buried with them, and indeed had no burial at all, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 22:18 for, falling into the...
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 s...
_So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers_ But it is not said he was buried with them. No doubt the prophecy of Jeremiah was fulfilled, that he should not be lamented as his father was, but _buried with th...
1 Iehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him, procureth his owne ruine. 5 Iehoiachin succeedeth him. 7 The King of Egypt is vanquished by the King of Babylon. 8 Iehoiach...
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, Jeremiah 22:19; Jeremiah 36:30; AND JEHOIACHIN, HIS SON, REIGNED IN HIS STEAD....
THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM...
Pharaoh was not able to maintain his dominance over Judah, however, not that Judah was able to break it, but because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon displaced Pharaoh and took his place in making Jehoi...
1-7 If Jehoiakim had served the Lord, he had not been servant to Nebuchadnezzar. If he had been content with his servitude, and true to his word, his condition had been no worse; but, rebelling agains...
JEHOIACHIN, called also _Jeconiah_, 1 CHRONICLES 3:16, (as Jehoiakim also was, by comparing this with MATTHEW 1:11) and, in way of contempt, CONIAH, JEREMIAH 22:24....
2 Kings 24:6 Jehoiakim H3079 rested H7901 (H8799) fathers H1 Jehoiachin H3078 son H1121 reigned H4427 (H8799)...
CONTENTS: Jehoikim tributary to Nebuchadnezzar. Reigns of Jehoikim, Jehoichin and Zedekiah. Deportation to Babylon. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah. CONCLUSION: Time will not wear o...
_In his days Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon came up._ WICKEDNESS, RETRIBUTION AND DIVINE CONTROL, AS REVEALED IN NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S INVASION OF JUDAH In glancing through these Chapter s there are two...
THE FALL OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 24:1. IN HIS DAYS NEBUCHADNEZZAR, KING OF BABYLON—Nebuchadnezzar’s reign commenced in the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s. Hales ...
And the LORD sent the bands of the Babylonians, and of the Syrians, and of the Moabites (2 Kings 24:2), And again now, the same kind of thing that happened to Israel; when the weakness of the nation w...
2 Chronicles 36:6; 2 Chronicles 36:8; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 22:19;...
Did Jehoiakim die in Jerusalem, as this passage suggests, or did he die in Babylon, as 2 Chronicles 36:6 implies? PROBLEM: The statement in 2 Kings 24:6 indicates that Jehoiakim died a peaceful death...