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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
sent	וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח vay.sha.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
bands	גְּדוּדֵ֣י ge.du.Dei	H1416	a crowd (especially of soldiers) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Chaldees	כַשְׂדִּים֩ khas.Dim	H3778	a Kasdite · proper noun, a place name
bands	גְּדוּדֵ֨י ge.du.Dei	H1416	a crowd (especially of soldiers) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Syrians	אֲרָ֜ם 'a.Ram	H758	Aram or Syria · proper noun, a place name
bands	גְּדוּדֵ֣י ge.du.Dei	H1416	a crowd (especially of soldiers) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Moabites	מוֹאָ֗ב mo.'Av	H4124	Moab · proper noun, a place name
bands	גְּדוּדֵ֣י ge.du.Dei	H1416	a crowd (especially of soldiers) · noun, common masculine plural construct
children	בְנֵֽי ve.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Ammon	עַמּ֔וֹן a.Mon	H5983	Ammon · proper noun, a man's name
sent	וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥ם vay.sha.le.Chem	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Judah	בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה bi.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
destroy	לְהַֽאֲבִיד֑וֹ le.ha.'a.vi.Do	H6	properly · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
word	כִּדְבַ֣ר kid.Var	H1697	a word · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
spake	דִּבֶּ֔ר di.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
by	בְּיַ֖ד be.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
servants	עֲבָדָ֥יו 'a.va.Dav	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
prophets	הַנְּבִיאִֽים ha.ne.vi.'Im	H5030	a prophet or (generally) inspired man · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of t…
2 Kings 23:27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have ch…
2 Kings 21:12-14 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both hi…
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 bri…
Jeremiah 32:28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Bab…
2 Kings 6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands…
2 Kings 20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried int…
Ezekiel 19:8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 24:1-7

We have here the first mention of a name which makes a great figure both in the histories and in the prophecies of the Old Testament; it is that of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (Kg2 24:1), that head of gold. He was a potent prince, and one that was the terror of the mighty in the land of the living; and yet his name would not have been known in sacred writ if he had not been employed in the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of the Jews. I. He made Jehoiakim his tributary and kept him in subjection three years, Kg2 24:1. Nebuchadnezzar began his reign in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. In his eighth year he made him his prisoner, but restored him upon his promise of faithfulness to…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 24:2

According to the word of the Lord - See what Huldah predicted, Kg2 22:16, and see chap. 14, 15, and 16 of Jeremiah.

John Gill on 2 Kings 24:2

And the Lord sent against him,.... By Nebuchadnezzar, against whom he rebelled: bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon; who were all subject to the king of Babylon, or were voluntary troops in his service, and bore an hatred to the Jews: according to Eupolemus (o), this army consisted of Medes and Babylonians, and, besides 10,000 chariots, there were in it 180,000 foot, and 120,000 horse: and sent them against Judah to destroy it; this was not until the eleventh of Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar being diverted by the siege of Tyre, or other important business, from chastising the king of Judah until this time: according to…

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Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 24:2-7

To punish Jehoiakim's rebellion, Jehovah sent hosts of Chaldaeans, Aramaeans, Moabites, and Ammonites against him and against Judah to destroy it (להאבידו). Nebuchadnezzar was probably too much occupied with other matters relating to his kingdom, during the earliest years of his reign after his father's death, to be able to proceed at once against Jehoiakim and punish him for his revolt. (Note: Compare the remarks of M. v. Niebuhr on this point (Gesch. pp. 208,209) and his summary at p. 209: "Nebuchadnezzar had enough to do in Babylon and the eastern half of his kingdom, to complete the organization of the new kingdom, to make the military roads to the western half of the kingdom along the n…

Dictionary and topics

Jehoiakim — He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (B.C. 610-599). His original name was Eliakim (q.v.). On the death of his…
Jeremiah — Raised up or appointed by Jehovah. (1.) A Gadite who joined David in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:10). (2.) A Gadite warrior (1 Chr. 12:13). (3.) A Benjamite slinger who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr.…
Ammonites, The · Aided the Chaldeans against Judah — Aided the Chaldeans against Judah
Armies · Called the: Bands — Called the: Bands
Jehoiakim · Wicked reign and final overthrow of — Wicked reign and final overthrow of
Moabites · Israelites had war with — Israelites had war with
Syria · Confe — Confe

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 24:1-7

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 24:2

John Gill on 2 Kings 24:2

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 24:2-7

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 24:1-7

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 24:2

John Gill on 2 Kings 24:2

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 24:2-7

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 24:2