Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible

The mighty of the land - Or “the great,” “the powerful.” The word used is quite distinct from that in 2 Kings 24:14, 2 Kings 24:16. It refers, not to bodily strength or fitness for war, hut to civil rank or dignity. The term would include all civil and all ecclesiastical functionaries - the nobles, courtiers, and elders of the city on the one hand, the priests, prophets (among them, Ezekiel), and Levites on the other.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon,.... Where he continued at least thirty seven years, 2 Kings 25:27.

and the king's mother; whose name was Nehushta, 2 Kings 24:8.

and the king's wives; for though he was so young, it seems he had many wives, as was the custom of those times; or his "women", who were either his concubines, or servants in his family:

and his officers; in his court: and the mighty of the land; the princes and nobles thereof; or "the fools of the land", as the word is written; so the people generally were:

those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon; which, according to Bunting^F19Travels, &c. p. 198. , were six hundred and eighty miles distant from each other.

John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 24:15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, [those] carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Ver. 15. These carried he into captivity into Babylon.] Where it fared better with them than with those that were left behind. {Jeremiah 24:4-5, &c.} To these the prophet Jeremiah wrote a letter, if Apocryphal Baruch may be believed. {/APC Bar 6:1}

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

15.Carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon — Where he remained in prison for thirty-seven years, and then was liberated and honoured by Evil-merodach. 2 Kings 25:27-30.

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Judges. Hebrew, "the rams." Chaldean, "the grandees." These are not included in the 10,000, (ver. 14.) nor more than (Calmet) the 8,000 who were taken from the country (ver. 16.; Calmet) or 3,000 were taken from Jerusalem, and 7,000 from other places. (Du Hamel)

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jehoiachin to Babylon. Where he was captive for thirty-seven years.

the mighty of the land. Princes and potentates, priests and prophets (Jeremiah 29:1). Among them Ezekiel (2 Kings 1:12), Daniel, and Nehemiah.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(15) And he carried away.—The form of the verb is different from that in 2 Kings 24:14. We might render: “Yea, he carried away;” for 2 Kings 24:15-16 simply give the particulars of what was stated generally in 2 Kings 24:14. In the present verse the “princes” are defined.

He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother.—Fulfilment of Jeremiah 22:24-27.

The mighty of the land.—So the Targum, “the magnates of the land.” All who could do so, must have taken refuge in Jerusalem at the approach of the Chaldæan army.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

he carried

8; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Esther 2:6; Jeremiah 22:24-28

officers

or, eunuchs.