2 Kings 23:36

“Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, etc.] And therefore must be two years older than his brother Jehoahaz, who was deposed: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and therefore must die at the age of thirty and six: and his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah; which Josephus f303 calls Abuma; but he speaks of a village in Galilee called Ruma f304; but whether the same with this is not certain.”

“Twenty and five years old - Jehoiakim was therefore two years older than his half-brother, Jehoahaz 2 Kings 23:31. See his character in 2 Kings 23:37; 2 Chronicles 36:8; Ezekiel 19:5-7; Jeremiah 22:13-17; Jeremiah 26:20-23, 36: return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on 2 Kings 23". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bnb/2-kings-23.html. 1870. StudyLight.org © 2001-2026 Powered by Lightspeed Technology”

“23:36 Jehoiakim, Jehoahaz’s older brother (cp. 23:31), reigned eleven years (609–598 BC).”

“am 3394-3405, bc 610-599 Jehoiakim: Ch1 3:15; Ch2 36:5; Jer 1:3 Rumah: Josephus here reads Abuma; but he also speaks of Ruma, a village of Galilee. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 23:37”

“Reign of Jehoiakim (cf. Ch2 36:5-8). \- Jehoiakim reigned eleven years in the spirit of his ungodly forefathers (compare Kg2 23:37 with Kg2 23:32). Jeremiah represents him ( Kg2 22:13.) as a bad prince, who enriched himself by the unjust oppression of his people, "whose eyes and heart were directed upon nothing but upon gain, and upon innocent blood to shed it, and upon oppression and violence to do them" (compare Kg2 24:4 and Jer 26:22-23). Josephus therefore describes him as τὴν φύσιν ἄδικος καὶ κακοῦργος, καὶ μήτε πρὸς Θεὸν ὅσιος, μήτε πρὸς ἀνθρώπους ἐπιεικής (Ant. x. 5, 2). The town of Rumah, from which his mother sprang, is not mentioned anywhere else, but it has been…”