2 Kings 24 · Verse 1

2 Kings 24:1

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

2 Kings 24:1, King James Version

2 Kings 24:1 in other translations

BSB	During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
WEB	In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
ASV	In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
YLT	In his days hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and Jehoiakim is to him a servant three years; and he turneth and rebelleth against him,
DARBY	In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim was his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.
BBE	In his days, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up and Jehoiakim was his servant for three years; then he took up arms against him.
Webster	In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

What does 2 Kings 24:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 24:1-2

2Ki 24:1-7. Jehoiakim Procures His Own Ruin. 1-2. Nebuchadnezzar--the son of Nabopolassar, the founder of the Chaldee monarchy. This invasion took place in the fourth year of Jehoiakim's, and the first of Nebuchadnezzar's reign (Jr 25:1; compare Jr 46:2). The young king of Assyria being probably detained at home on account of his father's demise, despatched, along with the Chaldean troops on his border, an army composed of the tributary nations that were contiguous to Judea, to chastise Jehoiakim's revolt from his yoke. But this hostile band was only an instrument in executing the divine judgment (2Ki 24:2) denounced by the prophets against Judah for the sins of the people; and hence, though marching by the orders of the Assyrian monarch, they are described as sent by the Lord (2Ki 24:3).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Nebuchadnezzar brings Jehoiakim under subjection; who, after three years, rebels, 2Kgs 24:1. Bands of Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, invade the land, 2Kgs 24:2-4. Jehoiakim dies, and Jehoiachin his son reigns in his stead, 2Kgs 24:5, 2Kgs 24:6. The Babylonians overcome the Egyptians, 2Kgs 24:7. Nebuchadnezzar takes Jehoiachin and his family, and all his treasures, and those of the temple, and all the chief people and artificers, and carries them to Babylon, 2Kgs 24:8-16; and makes Mattaniah, brother of Jehoiakim, king, who reigns wickedly, and rebels against the king of Babylon, 2Kgs 24:17-20. Verse 1 Nebuchadnezzar - This man, so famous in the writings of the prophets, was son of Nabopolassar. He was sent by his father against the rulers of several provinces that had revolted; and he took Carchemish, and all that belonged to the Egyptians, from the Euphrates to the Nile. Jehoiakim, who was tributary to Nechoh king of Egypt, he attacked and reduced; and obliged to become tributary to Babylon. At the end of three years he revolted; and then a mixed army, of Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, was sent against him, who ravaged the country, and took three thousand and twenty-three prisoners, whom they brought to Babylon, Jer 52:28.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 24:1-7

If Jehoiakim had served the Lord, he had not been servant to Nebuchadnezzar. If he had been content with his servitude, and true to his word, his condition had been no worse; but, rebelling against Babylon, he plunged himself into more trouble. See what need nations have to lament the sins of their fathers, lest they smart for them. Threatenings will be fulfilled as certainly as promises, if the sinner's repentance prevent not. (2Ki 24:8-20)

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Kings 24:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּיָמָ֣יוbe.ya.Mavin days hisH3117

עָלָ֔ה'a.Lahhe came upH5927

נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarNebuchadnezzarH5019

מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428

בָּבֶ֑לba.VelBabylonH894

וַיְהִי\־vay.hi-and he wasH1961

ל֨וֹloof him

יְהוֹיָקִ֥יםye.ho.ya.KimJehoiakimH3079

עֶ֙בֶד֙'e.veda subjectH5650

שָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshthreeH7969

שָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimyearsH8141

וַיָּ֖שָׁבvai.Ya.shovand he turned backH7725

וַיִּמְרָד\־vai.yim.rod-and he rebelledH4775

בּֽוֹ\׃boagainst him

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Cross references for 2 Kings 24:1

Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
Jeremiah 25:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
Jeremiah 25:9
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
2 Chronicles 36:6-21
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. …
2 Kings 17:5
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
Jeremiah 46:2
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh–necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Jehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him, procures his own ruin.
5 Jehoiachin succeeds him.
7 The king of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Babylon.
8 Jehoiachin's evil reign.
10 Jerusalem is taken and carried captive into Babylon.
17 Zedekiah is made king, and reigns ill, unto the utter destruction of Judah.

his days.
17:5; 2Ch 36:6-21; Jer 25:1,9; 46:2; Da 1:1
Nebuchadnezzar.This prince, so famous in the writings of the prophets, was the son of Nabopollasar king of Babylon.

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Context

2 Kings 24:1
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
2 Kings 24:2
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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2 Kings 24:1 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	EN su tiempo subió Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia, al cual sirvió Joacim tres años; volvióse luego, y se rebeló contra él.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	En ses jours, Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, monta; et Jehoïakim fut son serviteur pendant trois ans; et il se retourna et se révolta contre lui.
German Elberfelder 1871	In seinen Tagen zog Nebukadnezar, der König von Babel, herauf; und Jojakim wurde sein Knecht drei Jahre; dann wandte er sich und empörte sich gegen ihn.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	In diebus ejus ascendit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, et factus est ei Joakim servus tribus annis: et rursum rebellavit contra eum.