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1 2 10/2/11 2Kings 24-25 the Reign of King Josiah with His Revival And 1 2 10/2/11 Eliakim, but Pharaoh Necho changed it) 2Kings 24:5-9 2Kings 24-25 4. Jehoiachin, son of Jehoiakim. 597 B.C. (His other name is Coniah or Jeconiah, reigned for three The reign of king Josiah with his revival and months) 2Kings 24:8 reforms were a breath of fresh air to the nation, but 5. Zedikiah, son of Josiah, uncle to Jehoiakim and the people’s superficial commitment wave way to Jehoiachin. 597-586 B.C. (name Mattaniah, evil once again. changed by Nebuchadnezzar) His on Jehoahaz only reigned for three months , 24:1-9 The reign of Jehoiakim. doing evil in the sight of the Lord and Pharaoh took him to Egypt where he died. 24:1-4 The judgment of God over Jehoiakim. * The parallel passage. 2Chron. 36:6-7 Pharaoh made Eliakim, the other son of Josiah 1) Jehoiakim became his vassal for three king in his place, changing his name to Jehoiakim years, paying tribute to Nebuchadnezzar and put him under tribute, doing evil for 11 years for three years, then rebelled. vs. 1 on the throne. * 608-597 B.C. a) 605B.C. Nabopolassar and his son So Jehoiakim is presently on the throne, as we Nebuchadnezzar have attacked begin chapter twenty-four of Second Kings. Egyptian at Charchemish and defeated them. Jeremiah prophesied in the reign of the four last b) Nabopolassar’s death in 605 delayed kings of Judah, as he began his ministry in the 13th Babylon’s march to the land of Israel year of Josiah, 626 B.C. and he warned the people Egypt. about going into captivity for forty years. c) In 601 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar was 1. Josiah. reigned from 640-608 B.C. (Jeremiah defeated in a major battle with was called in 626 B.C.) 2Kings 22:1-2 Egyptians, which is believed the 2. Jehoahaz, was the son of Josiah. who reigned in reason for Jehoiakim rebelling against 608 B.C (three months) 2Kings 23:31-33 Babylon. 3. Jehoiakim, was also the son of Josiah, he 2) God in judgment sent against raiding reigned from 608-597 B.C. (His name was bands of Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, 3 4 of the people of Ammon, to destroy c) His mother’s name was Nehushta the Judah, as declared by His servants the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. vs. prophets. vs. 2 8d 3) This is repeated for emphasis that it was 5) The commentary of his reign was that he God’s doing, due to the sins of Manasseh did evil in the sight of the LORD, as all and the innocent blood that filled his father had done. vs. 9 Jerusalem. vs. 3-4 24:10-16 The first deportation to Babylon. 24:5-9 The summary statement of Jehoiakim * The parallel passage. 2Chron. 36:10 and his successor, Jehoiachin. 1) At that time the servants of * The parallel passage. 2Chron. 36:8-9 Nebuchadnezzar, as well as himself came 1) The supplementary information of up against Jerusalem, and the city was Jehoiakim are recorded in the chronicles besieged. vs. 10-11 of the kings of Judah. 2Chron. 36 a) This 597 B.C. Jehoiachin’s other 2) Jehoiakim died and was buried 597 B.C., name is Coniah or Jeconiah, reigned then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his for three months) 2Kings 24:8, Jer. place. vs. 6 22:28, 37:1 3) Historical information is given that the b) Jeconiah was in the linage of Joseph king of Egypt no longer came to aid to the throne of David, but Jeconiah Judah, he had been conquered by was cured being childless to sit on the Nebuchadnezzar, controlling the land throne, so the genealogy of Luke goes from the Brook of Egypt to the River through Mary also in the line of the Euphrates. vs. 4 throne of David through Nathan. Jer. 4) The particulars of Jehoiachin’s reign. vs. 33:30, Matt. 1:11-16, Lk. 3:31 8 2) Jehoiachin, his mother, his servants, his a) He was eighteen years old when he princes, and his officers went out to the became king. vs. 8a king of Babylon and he took them b) He reigned in Jerusalem three months prisoners; and the king of Babylon, in the 597 B.C. vs. 8b eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner. vs. 12 5 6 3) Some of the treasures of the Temple were the son of Josiah, but his real name was carried away, as prophesied by the Lord. Mattaniah. vs. 17 vs. 13 2) Zedekiah was 21 years old when he 4) He took many captives back to Babylon: became king, and he reigned eleven years all the captains and all the mighty men of in Jerusalem, whose mother’s name was valor, ten thousand captives, and all the Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of craftsmen and smiths, leaving only the Libnah. vs. 18 poorest people of the land. vs. 14 3) He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as 5) The affirmation of taking Jehoiachin, his all that Jehoiakim had done. vs. 19 mother, his wives, officers, and the 4) All that was happening was the anger of mighty of the land he carried into the LORD on Jerusalem and Judah, captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. vs. finally casting them out from His 15 presence and Zedekiah rebelled against 6) Other captives included all the valiant the king of Babylon. vs. 20 men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all the strong fit for 25:1-30 The fall of Jerusalem. war, the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. vs. 16 25:1-7 The besieging of Jerusalem. a) Daniel, Ezekiel were taken in the * The parallel passage. 2Chron. 36:1-4 second siege, in 597 B.C. coinciding with the ascension of Zedekiah to the 25:1-3 The conditions of the city were sever. throne. 1) Nebuchadnezzar, came with all his army b) Daniel and Ezekiel were two of the to encamp against Jerusalem and they ten-thousand captives, the cream of built a siege wall against it all around. vs. the crop. 2Kings 24:11-18 1 * The date is the 10th of January of 588 24:17-20 The reign of Zedekiah. B. C. Jer. 39:1, 52:4-16, Ezk. 24:1, * The parallel passage. 2Chron. 36:10-16 2Chron. 36:11-12 1) Nebuchadnezzar set Zedekiah on the 2) The siege on the city lasted till the throne to replace his nephew Jehoiachin, eleventh year of King Zedekiah. vs. 2 the son Jehhoiakim, so he was his uncle, 7 8 3) The siege of the city resulted in famine. 3) The proclamation of judgment over vs. 3 Zedekiah. vs. 6-7 a) Eighteen months later the date is a) The Babylonians transported Zedekiah given, the 9th of July 586 B.C. Jer. to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah. vs. 6a 39:2 1)) Riblah also had served as the * The evil of the nation began with headquarters of Pharaoh Necho in Solomon and only got worse, 971- 609 in his campaign to assist 586 .C. , 384 years. Assyria against Babylon, about b) The famine became severe in the city, 150 miles north of Jerusalem. cannibalism took place. Jer. 52:6, 2Kings 23:33 Lam. 4:9-10 2)) Riblah was the ancient Syrian town on the Orontes River about 25:4-7 The capture of King Zedekiah. vs. 4-7 ten miles south of Kadeh, at the 1) The wall of Jerusalem had been crossing of the highways between penetrated. vs. 4 Egypt and Mesopotamia, a very a) Their defenses were compromise. vs. strategic location militarily as 4a Nebuchadnezzar’s headquarters. b) The king and his armed guard fled the b) The Babylonians tried Zedikiah city by night by the confluence of the pronouncing judgment on him.” vs. Kidron and Hinnom Valleys. vs. 4b-c 6b c) Their dare was risky, the Chaldeans 1)) He had swore allegiance to were encamped all around against the Babylon. city. vs. 4d-e 2)) He rebelled against Babylon, 2) The situation led to the apprehending of trusting Egypt, the arm of flesh. Zedekiah. vs. 5 3)) Jeremiah prophesied that Zedekiah a) The Babylonians chased after would see Nebuchadnezzar face to Zedekiah. vs. 5a face and he would not escape. Jer. b) The Babylonians caught up to 32:34, 34:2-3 Zedekiah by Jericho vs. 5b c) The Babylonians took their revenge on c) The Babylonians chased off Zedekiah, killing his son before his Zedekiah’s soldiers. vs. 5c eyes, then putting them out. vs. 7 9 10 1)) They didn’t just execute his son Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” before his eyes, but literally, vs. 8c, Jer. 52:12 slaughtered them. c) The officer is named, “Nebuzaradan 2) )They humiliated Zedekiah and the captain of the guard, a servant of made him defenseless, “put out the the king of Babylon, came to eyes of Zedekiah.” vs. 7b Jerusalem.” vs. 8d-e 3) They took him as a captured * His name means “he who has given prisoner. seed”, the captain of the guard, the * Ezekiel gave a sign prophesy body guard or literally “the chief about the escape of Zedekiah butcher”, the field marshal who through the wall, his capture and was the chief executioner. that he would be taken to Babylon, 2) The operation dealt with the prominent but not see and die there. Ezk. structures of the city. vs. 9-10 12:11-14 a) The places of greatest authority and reverence were first, the Temple and 25:8-21 The occupying and sacking of the kings house.
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