2 Kings 24:3
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;
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Gill's Exposition
Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight,.... It was the sure and certain decree of God they should be carried captive, and therefore he stirred up…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
for the sins of Manasseh See above on 2Ki 23:26. The fifty-five years of Manasseh's rule sealed the nation's fate.
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