In his daysבְּיָמָיוNebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלcame up,עָלָהand Jehoiakimוַ יְהוֹיָקִיםbecameיְהִיhis servantלוֹ עֶבֶדthreeשָׁלֹשׁyears;שָׁנִיםthen he turnedוַיָּשָׁבand rebelledוַיִּמְרָדagainst him.בּוֹ
2 Kings 24:1
Study it in the app“In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 24:1, word by word
- In his daysיָמָיyamay
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamay” appears- Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּרnevuchadnetsar
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadnetsar” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- came upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- and Jehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִיםyehoyakim
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim: a name meaning "YHWH raises up." The name Pharaoh Neco gave to Eliakim son of Josiah when he made him king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34-24:6). Not to be confused with his son Jehoiachin.
Where else “yehoyakim” appears- becameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- his servantעֶבֶדeved
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “eved” appears- threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- then he turnedיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- and rebelledיִּמְרָדyimrad
rebel
Rebel: refuse to obey the one in authority.
Where else “yimrad” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The reign of Jehoiakim
An account told more fully or more briefly in one of the books.
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2 Kings 23:36–24:7
23:36Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 23:37He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers had done. 24:1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. 24:2YHWH sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Aram, bands of Moab, and bands of the sons of Ammon; he sent them against Judah to make it perish, according to the word of YHWH that he had spoken through his servants the prophets. 24:3Surely by the command of YHWH this came upon Judah, to remove them from before his face, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, 24:4and also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and YHWH was not willing to forgive. 24:5The 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? 24:6Jehoiakim lay down with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. 24:7The king of Egypt did not again come out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates all that had belonged to the king of Egypt.
5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH his Elohim. 6Against him Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him to Babylon. 7Nebuchadnezzar brought some of the utensils of the house of YHWH to Babylon and put them in his palace in Babylon. 8The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he did, and what was found against him, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2YHWH sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Aram, bands of Moab, and bands of the sons of Ammon; he sent them against Judah to make it perish, according to the word of YHWH that he had spoken through his servants the prophets.