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2 Kings 24:7

in 2 Kings 24

Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

KJV

And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

This verse in 2 Kings 24

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Neco, from the year of the battle of Carchemish, confined himself to his own country and made no efforts to recover Syria or Judaea.

This site's exposition

the acts of Jehoiakim

on 2 Kings 24:5-7

The formula that closes each king's reign notes the acts of Jehoiakim without recording his burial, and the silence is deliberate: Jeremiah had already said of him that he would be buried with the burial of an ass, dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem. Jehoiachin succeeds a father who, per Jeremiah 36:30, would have none of his own line sit long on the throne of David. Verse 7 closes the Egyptian thread that ran through chapters 23 and 24: after Carchemish, Pharaoh-nechoh never again leaves his own land, and Babylon holds everything from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates. The kingdom that once summoned Judah's kings to Megiddo is now shut inside its own borders.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the king of Egypt came not any more out of his land,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It was but lately that he had oppressed Israel, ch. xxiii. Now he is himself brought down and disabled to attempt any thing for the recovery of his losses or the assistance of his allies.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The king of Egypt came not again - He was so crushed by the Babylonians that he was obliged to confine himself within the limits of his own states, and could no more attempt any conquests. The text tells us how much he had lost by the Babylonians. See on 2Ki 24:1 (note).

The words behind it

21 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.

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H38085168 times

  • הֹסִ֥יףhe repeated

    hosifH3254212 times

  • עוֹד֙again

    ʾodH5750490 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714641 times

  • לָצֵ֖אתto come out

    latzetH33181067 times

  • מֵֽאַרְצ֑וֹfrom own land his

    meartzoH7762504 times

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H35884482 times

  • לָקַ֞חhe had taken

    lakachH3947966 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • בָּבֶ֗לBabylon

    bavelH894262 times

  • מִנַּ֤חַלfrom [the] wadi of

    minachalH5158141 times

  • מִצְרַ֙יִם֙Egypt

    mitzrayimH4714641 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H57041261 times

  • נְהַר־[the] river of

    nehar-H5104119 times

  • פְּרָ֔תEuphrates

    peratH6578

  • כֹּ֛לall

    kolH36055413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רthat

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • הָיְתָ֖הit had belonged

    hayetahH19613559 times

  • לְמֶ֥לֶךְto [the] king of

    lemelekhH44282525 times

  • מִצְרָֽיִם׃ פEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714641 times

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

The walk

8 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

    Genesis 15:18

    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

    it leads to

    • Joshua 1:3–4

      I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.

    • Genesis 12:7

      Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

    • Genesis 24:7

      The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this…

    • Genesis 13:15

      for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

    • Deuteronomy 11:24

      Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

  • Through

    Isaiah 27:12

    In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 15:18

      On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Numbers 34:5

    where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 15:4

      It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 46:2

    concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:29

      At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him…

Where this verse is studied

On this page

About 2 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old and New Testaments; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.