2 Kings 24:1-7
his days 2Kgs 17:5; 2Chr 36:6-21; Jer 25:1, Jer 25:9, Jer 46:2; Dan 1:1 Nebuchadnezzar This prince, so famous in the writings of the prophets, was the son of Nabopollasar king of Babylon. the Lord 2Kgs 6:23, 2Kgs 13:20-21; Deut 28:49-50; 2Chr 33:11; Job 1:17; Isa 7:17, Isa 13:5; Jer 35:11; Ezek 19:8 according 2Kgs 20:17, 2Kgs 21:12-14, 2Kgs 23:27; Isa 6:11-12; Jer 25:9, Jer 26:6, Jer 26:20, Jer 32:28; Mic 3:12 his Heb. the hand of his Surely 2Kgs 18:25; Gen 50:20; 2Chr 24:24, 2Chr 25:16; Isa 10:5-6, Isa 45:7, Isa 46:10-11; Amos 3:6 remove them 2Kgs 23:26-27; Lev 26:33-35; Deut 4:26-27, Deut 28:63, Deut 29:28; Josh 23:15; Jer 15:1-4; Mic 2:10 for the sins 2Kgs 21:2-11; Exod 20:5 for the innocent 2Kgs 21:16; Num 35:33; Deut 19:10; Jer 2:34, Jer 19:4 he filled Ps 106:38 which Jer 15:1-2; Lam 3:42; Ezek 33:25 the rest 2Chr 36:8; Jer 22:13-17, 26:1-36:32 am 3405. bc 599. slept As Jehoiakim was "buried with the burial of an ass," by being "drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem," without internment, the expression "slept with his fathers," can only mean that the died, or slept the sleep of death. In the East, a body exposed during the night would be a prey to wild animals; if any of it were left till the morning, the carnivorous birds would devour it. 2Chr 36:6, 2Chr 36:8; Jer 22:18-19, Jer 36:30 Jehoiachin As this man reigned only three months, and was a mere vassal of the king of Babylon, his reign is scarcely reckoned; and therefore Jeremiah (Jer 36:30) says of Jehoiakim, "he shall have none to sit upon the throne of David." the king Jer 37:5-7, Jer 46:2 from the river Gen 15:18; Num 34:5; Josh 15:4; 1Kgs 4:21; Isa 27:12
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