At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged .
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Gill's Exposition
And Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon,.... Not to fight with him, but to submit to him, and to surrender the city to him, and be at his mercy:
he and his mother, and his…
Barnes' Notes
Came up against Jerusalem - The cause and circumstances of this siege are equally obscure. Perhaps Nebuchadnezzar detected Jehoiachin in some attempt to open communications with Egypt.
This should have been the history of king Jehoiachin's reign, but, alas! it is only the history of king Jehoiachin's captivity, as it is called, Eze 1:2. He came to the crown, not to have the honour…
Cambridge Bible
the servants of Nebuchadnezzar … came upagainst [R.V. to] Jerusalem There is no preposition in the Hebrew, only the accusative of direction. On -servants" see note on 2Ki 5:13.