Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"And Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servants the prophets." — 2 Kings 24:2 (ASV)
See the cross-references. Instead of coming in person, Nebuchadnezzar sent his own troops and those of the neighboring nations against Jehoiakim.
The ravages of the Moabites and the Ammonites are especially alluded to in the following passages: Jeremiah 48:26–27; Jeremiah 49:1; Ezekiel 25:3–6; Zephaniah 2:8.