Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 23:31

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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Reign of Jehoahaz (cf. Ch2 36:1-4). \- Jehoahaz, called significantly by Jeremiah ( Jer 22:11) Shallum, i.e., "to whom it is requited," reigned only three months, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as all his fathers had done. The people (or the popular party), who had preferred him to his elder brother, had apparently set great hopes upon him, as we may judge from Jer 22:10-12, and seem to have expected that his strength and energy would serve to avert the danger which threatened the kingdom on the part of Necho. Ezekiel ( Eze 19:3) compares him to a young lion which learned to catch the prey and devoured men, but, as soon as the nations heard of him, was taken in their pit and led by nose-rings to Egypt, and thus attributes to him the character of a tyrant disposed to acts of violence; and Josephus accordingly (Ant. x. 5, 2) describes him as ἀσεβὴς καὶ μιαρὸς τὸν τρόπον. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 23:33

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