King James Version
2 Kings 24:1 in the King James Version says “In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and reb...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
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. by: Heb. by the hand of
Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
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“In his days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“came up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“Nebuchadnezzar”
H5019nebukadnetstsar (or nebukadretsts(-ar, or)), king of babylon
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“then he turned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
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