2 Kings 24:19 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 24:19

And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

BSB

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ASV

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

KJV

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 (2) his infraction of the allegiance which he had sworn to Nebuchadnezzar.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But, according to the custom of conquerors, who changed the names of the great men they took captives in war, in token of their supremacy, he gave him the new name of Zedekiah--that is, "The righteous of God." This being a purely Hebrew name, it seems that he allowed the puppet king to choose his own name, which was confirmed.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ	vai.Ya.'as	and he did	H6213 →
הָרַ֖ע	ha.Ra'	the evil	H7451 →
בְּעֵינֵ֣י	be.'ei.Nei	in [the] eyes of	H5869 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כְּכֹ֥ל	ke.Khol	according to all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
עָשָׂ֖ה	'a.Sah	he had done	H6213 →
יְהוֹיָקִֽים׃	ye.ho.ya.Kim	Jehoiakim	H3079 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H3079yehoyakimJehoiakim37×

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

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2 Chronicles 36:12
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 33:23
  but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
- Jeremiah 37:2–21
  But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
- Jeremiah 38:14–28
  Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do…
Through
Ezekiel 21:25
And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
leads to
- Ezekiel 35:5
  Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
- Ezekiel 21:29
  while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
- Ezekiel 17:19
  Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
Through
Jeremiah 24:8
But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land…
leads to
- Jeremiah 43:1
  When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
- Jeremiah 37:17
  Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the…

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Where the connections lead

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About 2 Kings