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2 Kings 24:7 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 24 · verse 7
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.2 Kings 24:7 · King James Version
2 Kings 24:7 in context
5Now 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?
6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
7And 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.
8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EuphratesPᵉrâthPerath , a river of the EastH6578 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- takenlâqachto takeH3947 →
- rivernachala stream, especially a winter torrentH5158 →
- rivernâhâra stream (including the seaH5104 →
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We have here the first mention of a name which makes a great figure both in the histories and in the prophecies of the Old Testament; it is that of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (Kg2 24:1), that head of gold. He was a potent prince, and one that was the terror of the mighty in the land of the living;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7