He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 24:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 23:37 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.
- 2 Chronicles 36:12 He did that which was evil in Yahweh his God’s sight. He didn’t humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from Yahweh’s mouth.
- Jeremiah 24:8 “ ‘As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad,’ surely Yahweh says, ‘So I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 37:1-21 Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to Yahweh’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.” Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison. Pharaoh’s army had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they broke up from Jerusalem. Then Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, will return to Egypt into their own land. The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire.” ’ “Yahweh says, ‘Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us;” for they will not depart. For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and only wounded men remained among them, they would each rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’ ” When the army of the Chaldeans had broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people. When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!” Then Jeremiah said, “That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison. When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days, then Zedekiah the king sent, and had him brought out. The king asked him secretly in his house, “Is there any word from Yahweh?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” He also said, “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison? Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land?’ Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.” Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
- Ezekiel 21:25 “ ‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 24:19 And he did [that which was] evil…
2Ki 24:19 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}
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 19. He did - evil] How astonishing is…
Verse 19. He did - evil] How astonishing is this! not one of them takes warning by the judgments of God, which fell on their sinful predecessors.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He did that which was evil - The character…
He did that which was evil - The character of Zedekiah seems to have been weak rather than wicked. Consult Jer. 34; 37: His chief recorded sins were:
(1) his refusal to be guided in his political conduct by Jeremiah’s counsels, while nevertheless he admitted him to be a true Yahweh-prophet; and
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(2) his infraction of the allegiance which he had sworn to Nebuchadnezzar.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Done. He was not deterred by his punishment, nor…
Done. He was not deterred by his punishment, nor by the admonition of Jeremias, xxxvii. 2., and 2 Paralipomenon xxxvi. 12. The prophet informs us, that the priests and people defiled the temple of God. See Ezechiel viii., &c. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain ZEDEKIAH’S REIGN, 2Ki_24:18 to 2Ki_25:7.
ZEDEKIAH’S REIGN, 2Ki_24:18 to 2Ki_25:7.
In the fifty-second chapter of Jeremiah we have a duplicate history so nearly identical with the close of this book of Kings from this verse, as to show that both narratives proceeded from one original source. Compare also Jer_39:1-10. Of the authorship precisely the same thing is to be said as of the history of Hezekiah which is given in 2Ki_18:13 to 2Ki_20:21, and Isaiah 36-39. See note introductory to 2Ki_18:13.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. according to all that Jehoiakim had done] For…
19. according to all that Jehoiakim had done] For Jehoiakim’s character, see above on verse 5.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain THE REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH, the last KING OF JUDAH…
THE REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH, the last KING OF JUDAH (2Ki_24:17 to 2Ki_25:7; comp. 2Ch_36:11 seq.; Jeremiah 52).
This section and the parallel in Jeremiah appear to have been derived from the same historical work. The text of Jeremiah is generally, though not always, the best.
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(19) And he did that which was evil . . .—The evidence of the prophet Jeremiah should be compared with this statement. (See especially Jer_24:8; Jer_37:1-2; Jer_38:5, and Comp. Note on 2Ch_36:13.) The contemporary state of religion is vividly reflected in the pages of Ezekiel (2Kings viii—11); who, moreover, denounces Zedekiah’s breach of faith with the king of Babylon (Eze_17:11-21).
According to all that Jehoiakim . . .—He is not compared with Jehoiachin, who only reigned three months.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he did that which was evil in the…
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. Keil says, "His attitude towards the Lord exactly resembled that of his brother Jehoiakim, except that Zedekiah does not appear to have possessed so much energy for that which was evil." He allowed the people to continue their "pollutions" and" abominations". (2Ch_36:14) He let the "princes" have their way, and do whatever they pleased, (Jer_38:5) contenting himself with sometimes outwitting them, and counteracting their proceeding. (Jer_38:14-28) He fell into the old error of "putting trust in Egypt", (Jer_37:5-7) and made an alliance with Apries (Pharaoh-Hophra), which was an act of rebellion, at once against God and against his Babylonian suzerain. He was, upon the whole, rather weak than wicked; but his weakness was as ruinous to his country as active wickedness would have been.
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