THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM (2 Kings 23:24–35:7).

And Jehoiakim gave. — And the silver and the …

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,
according to all that his fathers had done…

After Josiah was laid in his grave, one trouble followed another, until, twenty-two years later, Jerusalem was destroyed. The wicked perished in gr…