2nd Kings Chapter 24 verse 19 Holy Bible
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.
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And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah according to all that Jehoiakim did,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. Keil says, "His attitude towards the Lord exactly resembled that of his brother Jehoiakim, except that Zedekiah does not appear to have possessed so much energy for that which was evil." He allowed the people to continue their "pollutions" and" abominations" (2 Chronicles 36:14). He let the "princes" have their way, and do whatever they pleased (Jeremiah 38:5), contenting himself with sometimes outwitting them, and counteracting their proceeding (Jeremiah 38:14-28). He fell into the old error of "putting trust in Egypt" (Jeremiah 37:5-7), and made an alliance with Apries (Pharaoh-Hophra), which was an act of rebellion, at once against God and against his Babylonian suzerain. He was, upon the whole, rather weak than wicked; but his weakness was as ruinous to his country as active wickedness would have been.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersTHE REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH, the last KING OF JUDAH (2Kings 24:17 to 2Kings 25:7; comp. 2Chronicles 36:11 seq.; Jeremiah 52).This section and the parallel in Jeremiah appear to have been derived from the same historical work. The text of Jeremiah is generally, though not always, the best.(19) And he did that which was evil . . .--The evidence of the prophet Jeremiah should be compared with this statement. (See especially Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 37:1-2; Jeremiah 38:5, and Comp. Note on 2Chronicles 36:13.) The contemporary state of religion is vividly reflected in the pages of Ezekiel (2Kings viii--11); who, moreover, denounces Zedekiah's breach of faith with the king of Babylon (Ezekiel 17:11-21). . . .
