2 Kings 24:2
in 2 Kings 24And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
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ASV
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.
KJV
And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, 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 the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
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This verse in 2 Kings 24
Commentary
7 notes on this verseNecessarily, too, the Lord gives us this admonition, to say in our prayer, "And lead us not into temptation." In this part it is shown that the adversary has no power against us, unless God has previously permitted it, in order that all our fear and devotion and obedience may be turned to God, since in temptations nothing evil is permitted, unless the power is granted by him. Scripture proves this when it says, "Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem and assaulted it, and the Lord gave it into his hand."
This site's exposition
became his servant three years
on 2 Kings 24:1-2
Nebuchadnezzar enters the book of Kings in a single clause, a name that will fill the rest of the two chapters left in it. Jehoiakim's three years of tribute and revolt sets a pattern the chapter follows twice more, a vassal king who breaks his oath. The bands of Chaldees, Syrians, Moabites and Ammonites sent against Judah are named as acting on the word of the Lord spoken by his servants the prophets, the same commandment named again in verse 3. Henry reads the raiders as Deuteronomy 28:49 arriving, a nation from far brought against a people who would not keep the covenant that had named the danger centuries earlier.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Now he came himself, and laid siege to the city. Now the word of God was fulfilled ( Deut. xxviii. 49 , &c.), The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, of fierce countenance, that shall first eat of the fruit of thy land and then besiege thee in all thy gates.
), and withal retained, and now showed, their ancient enmity to the Israel of God. Yet no mention is here made of their commission from the king of Babylon, but only of that from the King of kings: The Lord sent against him all these bands; and again (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
See the marginal references. Instead of coming up in person Nebuchadnezzar sent against Jehoiakim his own troops and those of the neighboring nations. The ravages of the Moabites and the Ammonites are especially alluded to in the following passages: Jer 48:26-27; Jer 49:1; Eze 25:3-6; Zep 2:8.
According to the word of the Lord - See what Huldah predicted, 2Ki 22:16, and see chap. 14, 15, and 16 of Jeremiah.
The words behind it
26 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח | vayshalach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה׀ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בּ֡וֹ | bo | on <the> him | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גְּדוּדֵ֣י | gedudei | [the] marauding bands of | H1416 → | 33 times |
| כַשְׂדִּים֩ | khasdim | [the] Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גְּדוּדֵ֨י | gedudei | [the] marauding bands of | H1416 → | 33 times |
| אֲרָ֜ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| וְאֵ֣ת׀ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גְּדוּדֵ֣י | gedudei | [the] marauding bands of | H1416 → | 33 times |
| מוֹאָ֗ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גְּדוּדֵ֣י | gedudei | [the] marauding bands of | H1416 → | 33 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמּ֔וֹן | amon | Ammon | H5983 → | |
| וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥ם | vayshalechem | and he sent them | H7971 → | 845 times |
| בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה | bihudah | on Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| לְהַֽאֲבִיד֑וֹ | lehaavido | to destroy it | H6 → | 184 times |
| כִּדְבַ֣ר | kidvar | according to [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֔ר | diber | he had spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| בְּיַ֖ד | beyad | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עֲבָדָ֥יו | ʾavadav | servants his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃ | haneviim | the prophets | H5030 → | 314 times |
וַיְשַׁלַּ֣חand he sent
vayshalachH7971 →845 times
יְהוָ֣ה׀Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בּ֡וֹon <the> him
bo
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
גְּדוּדֵ֣י[the] marauding bands of
gedudeiH1416 →33 times
כַשְׂדִּים֩[the] Chaldeans
khasdimH3778 →80 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
גְּדוּדֵ֨י[the] marauding bands of
gedudeiH1416 →33 times
אֲרָ֜םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
וְאֵ֣ת׀and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
גְּדוּדֵ֣י[the] marauding bands of
gedudeiH1416 →33 times
מוֹאָ֗בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
גְּדוּדֵ֣י[the] marauding bands of
gedudeiH1416 →33 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
עַמּ֔וֹןAmmon
amonH5983 →
וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥םand he sent them
vayshalechemH7971 →845 times
בִּֽיהוּדָ֖הon Judah
bihudahH3063 →819 times
לְהַֽאֲבִיד֑וֹto destroy it
lehaavidoH6 →184 times
כִּדְבַ֣רaccording to [the] word of
kidvarH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֔רhe had spoken
diberH1696 →1141 times
בְּיַ֖דby [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
עֲבָדָ֥יוservants his
ʾavadavH5650 →799 times
הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃the prophets
haneviimH5030 →314 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
it leads to
- Isaiah 13:3
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
- Jeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- Jeremiah 1:15
For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem.…
- Habakkuk 1:6–10
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
- Ezekiel 29:18–20
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from…
- Isaiah 13:3
Through
Jeremiah 32:28Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:3
For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the…
- Jeremiah 32:3
Through
2 Kings 23:27For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 21:13
I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping…
- 2 Kings 18:11
The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 21:13
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cyprian, Treatise IV. On the Lord's Prayer 25; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.