Albert Barnes Commentary 2 Kings 24:5

Albert Barnes Commentary

2 Kings 24:5

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

2 Kings 24:5

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?" — 2 Kings 24:5 (ASV)

By comparing Jeremiah 22:19, Jeremiah 36:6, 30, and Ezekiel 19:8-9, it seems that in the fifth or sixth year after Jehoiakim’s revolt, Nebuchadnezzar must have decided to go personally to Riblah to direct operations, first against Tyre and then against Jerusalem. Jehoiakim was taken prisoner and brought in chains to Nebuchadnezzar, who at first intended to take him to Babylon but later had him brought to Jerusalem, where he was executed. Afterward, once the Babylonians had withdrawn, his remains were collected and buried in the tomb of Manasseh, so that the king ultimately slept with his fathers (2 Kings 24:6).