Matthew Poole and continuators on 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 .

i. e. In Iehoiakim's Reign, in the end of his third Year, Dan. 1. 1. or, the beginning of his Fourth, Ier. 25. 1.

The son of Nabopolassar, who quite subdued the Assyrian, first his Lord, and then his Competitor, and made himself Absolute Monarch of all those parts of the World.

To wit, against Iehoiakim, as the Friend and Confederate of Pharaoh, whose Forces he had lately Conquered. Ier. 46. 2.

By the instigation of the Egyptian, who threatned him if he did not Rebel, and promised him his utmost Assistance if he did.

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