King James Version
2 Kings 24:5 in the King James Version says “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 ki...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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?”
2 Kings 24:5 · KJV
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;
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
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 slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now the rest”
H3499properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free)
“of the acts”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“are they not written”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of the acts”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
a 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
“of Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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