u Called Necos by Herodotus, who makes mention of his Fight 512. wu wherein, as he ſaith, Necos Conquered the Syrians in Mazaalo, >, 1. e. | The King of Babylon, who having formerly Rebelled againſt the Aſjrian his Lord, bad now conquered him 3 as appears by the courſe of the Sacred, and the concurrence of the Prophane Hittory ; and therefore is here and elſewhere called the Aſſprian, and the King of Aſſria, becauſe now he was the Head of that Empire. »y 7. e. Aga:nſt Carchemiſb by Euphrates, as 1t is expreſſed, 2 Chron. 35. 20. which the the 4ſjrian had taken from the Syrians, 1ſ#.10:9- Pharaeh's Confedee rates, who therefore ſendeth Forces againſt the A4frians, that he might both help them,and ſecure himlclf. x Ecither to defend his own Country from Pharaoh's Incurſions ; or to Aſſiſt the King of Babylon, with whom he ſeems ro have been in League, as was noted before. #2 7,e. Gave him his Deaths Wound there ; though he dyed not till he came to Jers/alem,2 Chron.35.23,24. b 7.6. When he fought , with him, or in the firſt Onſet. Thus Fighting is called & looking in the face, 2 Rings 14+ 8. ; Es | -30 And his Servants Carried him in a chariot dead 4 from Megiddo,and brought him to Jeruſalem,and buri- ed him in his own ſepulchre : and * the people of the *:Chra | land took * Jehoahaz the ſon of Joſiah 4, and anointed 36.1. 1im e, and made him king in his fachers ſtead. *1 Chron,
c i, 6. Mortally Wounded,as in the former Verſe;and as wecom- 3-15. Jet monly ſay of a tick man, paſt hopes of Recovery, that he is a dead man ; Compare Gen. 29. 3. 4d Who was younger than Jchoiakim, by comparing ver.31. with 36. yer preferred by the People before the -lder Brother ;either becauſe Jeho;akim refuſed the Kingdom for fear of Phara:h, whom he knew he ſhould hereby provoke. Or becauſe, | Jehoahaz was the more Stout & Warlike Prince; whence he is cal« &d a Lion, Ezek. 19.3. though indeed he ſhewed his courage more a« gainſt his People, than his Enemies : but they judged, that he was more able and willing to defend them againſe rhe conquering Army. e As they uſed to do in ſuch Extraordinary caſes, becauſe this was a Troubleſome time,and he was nor the right Heir to the
King,
Crown, and therefore needed this Solemn Rite of Confirmation, | which Solomon had in the ſame Circumſtances,
31 T Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began co reign,and he reigned three moneths in Fe- ruſalem : and his mothers name was * Hamuital, the * Chap; daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 24. 18, 32 And he did that which as evil in the ſight of the
LORD, according to all that his fathers f had done. f 7. e. His grand Parents, Manafſeh, and mon. He reſtored that Idolatry which his Father had deſrroyed;part'y,to gratifie the gene- rality of the People,who had made him King, and who were incli- ned to their old Superſtitions, even in Joſahs time, as was obſerved before, though reſtrained from the ourward aQs,by fear: and part- ly,to ſweeren the King of E;ypr,who poſſibly was a Zealous Idolater, by his compliance wich him in rhe Worſhip of Idols. 33And Pharaob-nechoh pur him in bands at Riblah 5, in the land of Hamath || chat he mighe nor reign 3 in po, Jeruſalem, and f put the land to a tribute & of an hun- cau{e i! dred talents of filver, and a talent of gold, g Either, becauſe he preſumed to rake the Kingdom without his + Heb” leave and conſent x; or becauſe he renewed the War againſt Pharaoh, 4 'F# as ſome affirm,and by him wasConquered,and taken Pritoner. þ An #291 its eminent City in Sj7is; of which fee Num, 34, 11. 2 King 25.6, where 1378. ' Pharaoh now was to finiſh,or make good his conqueſts, whither Jeho- 'ahaz was Carried to receive his Sentence. i Or becauſe he had reigned; ';.e, Tzker the Kingdom without right,and without his leave. Or, according'to the other reading, the b:gmmning of his Reign ; the word reigniny being commonly uſca for b:g.ming- ro reign; when he was ſcarce warm in his Throne. k To wit, a Yearly Tribute,whereby
26 « Norwichitanding, the LORD turned not from * they ſhould acknowledge him to be their Superior 3 and for which,
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angers: was kindled againſt Judah r,* becauſe of all the + proyo- cations that Manalleh: had: provoked him withals, ,
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'and he came to Egypt, and died there.
I Whom he perccived to be of a more mild and peaceable Ciſp0- ſition. m2 Becauſe the giving of Names was accounted an a& and ſign of Dominion ; which therefore Parents did to their Cinildren, and Conquerors to their Vaſſals or Tribataries. Compare Chap. 24. 17. .Dan 1. 7. * Partly as a puniſhment for him : and partly, that he might give no diſturbance to his Brother.
25 And Jehoiakim gave the ſilver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the F commandment of Pharaoh ; he ex- acted the filver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one accorCing to his taxation, to give /# unto Pharaoh-nechoh.
35 © Jehoiakim was twenty and. five years old when he began to reign o, and he reigned eleven years in Jerufalem : and his mothers name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
d Either, 1. When he began to Reien alone, and with full Power, or after Jehoahaz his Death : till which the People would nor dif- own him whom they had Anointed King, which was eſteemed a great tie ; 2 Sams 19. lo. nor own, or accept Fehoiak:m as their King, but only as his Brothers Vice-Roy, though Pharaoh had by violence forced him upon them. And ſo Jehoahaz might be his Elder Brother, and the ſame who is called Johanan, and is firſt mentioned, as the eldeſt ſon, 1 Chron. 3. 15. though he may be placed hrſt, nor in regard of his Birth, but of his Dignity : the Crown being firſt put upon his Head. Or, 2. When he was firſt ſer up by Pharaoh, and ſo this was the Elder Brother, though by Popular Violence put by his Right. See on v.31.
37 And he did that which was evil in the ſight of the
LORD p, according to all that his fathers had done.
p By Idolatry, the Opprefſion 6fhis People,and the Perſecution vt the Prop:cts, and other good men, Fer. 26. 20. Ezek. 19. 5, 6, 7.
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