He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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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.
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And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 24:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 At the return of the year, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of Yahweh’s house, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- Esther 2:6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
- Jeremiah 22:24-28 “As I live,” says Yahweh, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there. I would give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of them of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. I will cast you out with your mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born; and there you will die. But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return.” Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, and cast into a land which they don’t know?
- 2 Kings 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 17:12 “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 24:15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon,…
2Ki 24:15 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 those that were left behind. {Jer 24:4-5, &c.} To these the prophet Jeremiah wrote a letter, if Apocryphal Baruch may be believed. {/APC Bar 6:1}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's…
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead,.... The third son of Josiah, Ch1 3:15.
and changed his name to Zedekiah; for the same reason the king of Egypt changed the name of Eliakim, Kg2 23:34 to signify his subjection to him; though some think it was to put him in mind of the justice of God, as the name signifies, that would overtake him, should he be treacherous to him, and rebel against him; so the Jewish Midrash.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The mighty of the land - Or “the great,”…
The mighty of the land - Or “the great,” “the powerful.” The word used is quite distinct from that in 2Ki 24:14, 2Ki 24:16. It refers, not to bodily strength or fitness for war, hut to civil rank or dignity. The term would include all civil and all ecclesiastical functionaries - the nobles, courtiers, and elders of the city on the one hand, the priests, prophets (among them, Ezekiel), and Levites on the other.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Judges. Hebrew, "the rams." Chaldean, "the grandees." These are…
Judges. Hebrew, "the rams." Chaldean, "the grandees." These are not included in the 10,000, (ver. 14.) nor more than (Calmet) the 8,000 who were taken from the country (ver. 16.; Calmet) or 3,000 were taken from Jerusalem, and 7,000 from other places. (Du Hamel)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. Carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon — Where he…
15. Carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon — Where he remained in prison for thirty-seven years, and then was liberated and honoured by Evil-merodach. 2Ki_25:27-30.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) And he carried away.—The form of the verb…
(15) And he carried away.—The form of the verb is different from that in 2Ki_24:14. We might render: “Yea, he carried away;” for 2Ki_24:15-16 simply give the particulars of what was stated generally in 2Ki_24:14. In the present verse the “princes” are defined.
He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother.—Fulfilment of Jer_22:24-27.
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The mighty of the land.—So the Targum, “the magnates of the land.” All who could do so, must have taken refuge in Jerusalem at the approach of the Chaldæan army.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. (comp. 2Ch_36:10;…
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. (comp. 2Ch_36:10; Jer_22:26 Jer_24:1 Jer_52:31; Josephus, "Ant. Jud.," 10:7. Jehoiachin continued a captive in Babylon during the remainder of Nebuchadnezzar"s reign a space of thirty-seven years. (see the comment on 2Ki_25:27) And the king"s mother (see above, ver. 12), and the king"s wives this is important, as helping to determine Jehoiachin"s ago (see the comment on ver. 8)and his officers rather, his eunuchs. (comp. Jer_38:7 Jer_39:16) and the mighty of the land. Not only the "princes" and the trained soldiers and the skilled artisans (ver. 14), but all who were of much account, as the bulk of the priests and the prophets. (see Jer_29:1-24) Those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. "Babylon" (lbb) is the city, not the country (as Thenius imagines). It was the practice for the conquering kings to carry their captives with them to their capital, for ostentation"s sake, before determining on their destination. The Jewish prisoners were, no doubt, ultimately settled in various parts of Babylonia. Hence they are called (Ezr_2:1; Neh_7:6) "the children of the province."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 seven thousand ... one thousand
seven thousand ... one thousand
"7,000 ... 1,000" (See: Numbers)
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Mattaniah
This is a man's name. (See: How to Translate Names)
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Jehoiachin
exile
Zedekiah
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