Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. “His name, like that of his brother, is omitted from the royal genealogy of Matthew 1.” (Knapp) 3. Also because of the innocent blood that he had shed: This tells us that one of the great sins of Manasseh was that he persecuted the godly in his day, and he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The best thing for Judah to do was to submit to this will of God, as Jeremiah told them to do – despite great opposition.Ĭ. Yet that was not God’s will it was His will to bring Judah into judgment (knowing they had not genuinely repented and would not). Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah: Many in the days of Jehoiakim believed that God’s will was to deliver them from their enemies and to preserve an independent Judah. Bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon: “Nebuchadnezzar’s army was made up of several nations, who were willing to fight under the banner of such a puissant and victorious emperor.” (Poole)ī. God sent against him many adversaries because Jehoiakim was a patriot of the kingdom of Judah, but not a man submitted to God. The LORD sent against him: We might think that God would honor the Judean independence movement of Jehoiakim, but He did not bless it. ![]() Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.Ī. (2-4) The troubled reign of Jehoiakim.Īnd the LORD sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servants the prophets. Then he turned and rebelled against him: When Nebuchadnezzar had to make a hurried return to Babylon, Jehoiakim took advantage of his absence and rebelled against him. Nebuchadnezzar only had the time to take a few choice captives (such as Daniel), a few treasures and a promise of submission from Jehoiakim.ī. He traveled about 500 miles in two weeks – remarkable speed for travel in that day. This campaign of Nebuchadnezzar was interrupted suddenly when he heard of his father’s death and raced back to Babylon to secure his succession to the throne. Archaeologists found evidences of battle, vast quantities of arrowheads, layers of ash, and a shield of a Greek mercenary fighting for the Egyptians. Excavations also document the victory of Nebuchadnezzar over the Egyptians at Carchemish in May or June of 605 b.c. King prepared these tablets in 1919 he then died, and they were neglected for four decades. When the Babylonian chronicles were finally published in 1956, they gave us first-rate, detailed political and military information about the first 10 years of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign. presence in Judah is documented and clarified. This specific attack is documented by the Babylonian Chronicles, a collection of tablets discovered as early as 1887, held in the British Museum. There would be two later invasions (597 and 587 b.c.). and it was the first (but not the last) encounter between Nebuchadnezzar and Jehoiakim. Along the way (or on the way back), he subdued Jerusalem, who had been loyal to the Pharaoh of Egypt. In response the young prince Nebuchadnezzar defeated the Egyptians at Charchemish, and then he pursued their fleeing army all the way down to the Sinai. ![]() Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem because the Pharaoh of Egypt invaded Babylon. ![]() Therefore it was important to him to conquer Judah and make it a subject kingdom ( his vassal), securely loyal to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up: Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonian Empire, was concerned with Judah because of its strategic position in relation to the empires of Egypt and Assyria. Then he turned and rebelled against him.Ī. In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. (1) Nebuchadnezzar makes Judah a vassal kingdom.
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