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2 Kings 24 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for 2 Kings 24, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 20
- verses
- 312 / 124
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
2 Kings 24 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּבֶל | Bâbel | H894 | 12 | Babel, Babylonia |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם | Yᵉrûwshâlaim | H3389 | 8 | Jerushalaim, Jerushalem |
| מָלַךְ | mâlak | H4427 | 7 | reign, ascend the throne |
| יְהוֹיָכִין | Yᵉhôwyâkîyn | H3078 | 4 | Jehojakin |
| גְּדוּד | gᵉdûwd | H1416 | 4 | crowd |
| יְהוֹיָקִים | Yᵉhôwyâqîym | H3079 | 4 | Jehojakim |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 5 | servant |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on 2 Kings 24, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Things are here ripening for, and hastening towards, the utter destruction of Jerusalem. We left Jehoiakim on the throne, placed there by the king of Egypt: now here we have, I. The troubles of his reign, how he was brought into subjection by the king of Babylon, and severely chastised for attempting to shake off the yoke (ver. 1-6), and how Egypt also was conquered by Nebuchadnezzar, ver. 7. II. The desolations of his son's reign, which continued but three months; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Kings 24:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1 — 2 Kgs 24:1
- Jerusalem — 2 Kgs 24:10
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