2Ki 24:1 | Clarke | STEP | Nebuchadnezzar brings Jehoiakim under subjection; who, after three years, rebels, . Bands of Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, invade the land, . Jehoiakim dies, and Jehoiachin his son reigns in his stead, , . The Babylonians overcome the Egyptians, . Nebuchadnezzar takes Jehoiachin and his family, and all his treasures, and those of the temple, and all the chief people and artificers, and carries them to Babylon, ; and makes Mattaniah, brother of Jehoiakim, king, who reigns wickedly, and rebels against the king of Babylon, . Verse 1 Nebuchadnezzar - This man, so famous in the writings of the prophets, was son of Nabopolassar. He was sent by his father against the rulers of several provinces that had revolted; and he took Carchemish, and all that belonged to the Egyptians, from the Euphrates to the Nile. Jehoiakim, who was tributary to Nechoh king of Egypt, he attacked and reduced; and obliged to become tributary to Babylon. At the end of three years he revolted; and then a mixed army, of Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, was sent against him, who ravaged the country, and took three thousand and twenty-three prisoners, whom they brought to Babylon, .

2 Kings 24:1

Introduction

Nebuchadnezzar brings Jehoiakim under subjection; who, after three years, rebels, 2Kgs 24:1. Bands of Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, invade the land, 2Kgs 24:2-4. Jehoiakim dies, and Jehoiachin his son reigns in his stead, 2Kgs 24:5, 2Kgs 24:6. The Babylonians overcome the Egyptians, 2Kgs 24:7. Nebuchadnezzar takes Jehoiachin and his family, and all his treasures, and those of the temple, and all the chief people and artificers, and carries them to Babylon, 2Kgs 24:8-16; and makes Mattaniah, brother of Jehoiakim, king, who reigns wickedly, and rebels against the king of Babylon, 2Kgs 24:17-20.

Verse 1

Nebuchadnezzar - This man, so famous in the writings of the prophets, was son of Nabopolassar. He was sent by his father against the rulers of several provinces that had revolted; and he took Carchemish, and all that belonged to the Egyptians, from the Euphrates to the Nile. Jehoiakim, who was tributary to Nechoh king of Egypt, he attacked and reduced; and obliged to become tributary to Babylon. At the end of three years he revolted; and then a mixed army, of Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, was sent against him, who ravaged the country, and took three thousand and twenty-three prisoners, whom they brought to Babylon, Jer 52:28.