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2 Kings 23:35

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So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-necoh.

KJV

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh–nechoh.

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Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold - Nechoh had placed him there as viceroy, simply to raise and collect his taxes. Every one according to his taxation - That is, each was assessed in proportion to his property: that was the principle avowed: but there is reason to fear that this bad king was not governed by it.

This site's exposition

imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land

on 2 Kings 23:33-35

Pharaoh Neco imprisons Jehoahaz and imposes on Judah "a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold". He makes Eliakim king and "changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim", which Wesley reads as the conqueror's claim of dominion, the gesture given to conquered vassals.

This site's exposition

each according to his wealth

Adam Clarke describes Jehoiakim as Neco's viceroy, placed on the throne to exact the silver and the gold. Clarke doubted he taxed the land by wealth. Matthew Henry adds that paying Pharaoh made the king poor without making him good.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

That which made him poor, yet did not make him good. Notwithstanding the rebukes of Providence he was under, by which he should have been convinced, humbled, and reformed, he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord (

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the L ORD , to walk after the L ORD , and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

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And Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh,....

The words behind it

28 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהַכֶּ֣סֶףand the silver

    vehakesefH3701 →403 times

  • וְהַזָּהָ֗בand the gold

    vehazahavH2091 →389 times

  • נָתַ֤ןhe gave

    natanH5414 →2011 times

  • יְהוֹיָקִים֙Jehoiakim

    yehoyakimH3079 →37 times

  • לְפַרְעֹ֔הto Pharaoh

    lefarohH6547 →274 times

  • אַ֚ךְonly

    ʾakhH389 →161 times

  • הֶעֱרִ֣יךְhe taxed

    heerikhH6186 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאָ֔רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • לָתֵ֥תto give

    latetH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַכֶּ֖סֶףthe silver

    hakesefH3701 →403 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פִּ֣י[the] mouth of

    piH6310 →498 times

  • פַרְעֹ֑הPharaoh

    farohH6547 →274 times

  • אִ֣ישׁeach

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹaccording to valuation his

    keerkoH6187 →

  • נָגַ֞שׂhe exacted

    nagasH5065 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַכֶּ֤סֶףthe silver

    hakesefH3701 →403 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַזָּהָב֙the gold

    hazahavH2091 →389 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַ֣ם[the] people of

    ʾamH5971 →1873 times

  • הָאָ֔רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • לָתֵ֖תto give [it]

    latetH5414 →2011 times

  • לְפַרְעֹ֥הto Pharaoh

    lefarohH6547 →274 times

  • נְכֹֽה׃ סNecho

    nekhohH5224 →8 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 23:33And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.3 worksJeremiah 35:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:3 worksLamentations 1:1How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.3 works2 Kings 15:19–20Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.2 works2 Kings 15:20Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.2 worksDaniel 11:20In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 23:33

    And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 8:65

      So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more…

    • 2 Kings 25:6

      The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

    • Jeremiah 52:9–10

      The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

    • Jeremiah 52:26–27

      Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

    • Jeremiah 39:5–6

      But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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