Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

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Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight,.... It was the sure and certain decree of God they should be carried captive, and therefore he stirred up the spirit of Nebuchadnezzar, and gave him orders to go against it:

for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; which were still continued among the Jews, and committed by them, though repented of by Manasseh, and he returned from them.

Geneva Study Bible

Surely at the ^b commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

(b) Though God used these wicked tyrants to execute his just judgments, they are not to be excused, for they proceeded from ambition and malice.

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

The sins — Properly and directly for their own sins, and occasionally for the sins of Manasseh, which had never been charged upon them, if they had not made them their own by their repetition of them.

John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 24:3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

Ver. 3. Surely at the commandment of the Lord.] Heb., At the mouth, i.e., Ex praestituto. God’s holy hand is in all the miseries that befall his people. [Amos 3:6]

For the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did.] Or, For the like sins to those which Manasseh had done, as Tremellius rendereth it, Traiectio, as in Genesis 5:29, 18:31.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For the sins of Manasseh; properly and directly for their own sins, and occasionally for the sins of Manasseh, which had never been charged upon them, if they had not made them their own by their impenitency for them, and repetition of them.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

3.For the sins of Manasseh — The judgment came not merely for the actual sins of that one idolatrous king, but, as the whole course of the history shows, because the nation persisted in a class of sins of which those of Manasseh were most conspicuous representatives.

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

commandment. Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is spoken by it.

according to all. A special reading called Sevir (App-34) reads "in all". So some codices.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(3) Surely at the commandment.—Literally, Only (i.e., upon no other ground than) upon the mouth (i.e., at the command of; 2 Kings 23:35) of Jehovah did it happen in Judah. The LXX. and Syriac read wrath instead of mouth, which Ewald prefers (so 2 Kings 24:20).

Out of his sight.—From before his face, i.e., as the Targum explains, from the land where he was present in his Temple.

For the sins of Manasseh.—Comp. 2 Kings 21:11 seq., 2 Kings 23:26 seq.; Jeremiah 15:4.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

Surely

18:25; Genesis 50:20; 2 Chronicles 24:24; 25:16; Isaiah 10:5,6; 45:7; 46:10,11; Amos 3:6

remove them

23:26,27; Leviticus 26:33-35; Deuteronomy 4:26,27; 28:63; 29:28; Joshua 23:15; Jeremiah 15:1-4; Micah 2:10

for the sins

21:2-11; Exodus 20:5

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:9 - before the Lord;  2 Kings 21:6 - wrought;  2 Kings 21:11 - Because;  2 Kings 21:16 - Manasseh;  2 Chronicles 33:9 - made Judah;  2 Chronicles 34:25 - Because;  2 Chronicles 36:17 - he brought;  Jeremiah 15:4 - because;  Jeremiah 32:31 - that I;  Jeremiah 34:22 - I will command;  Jeremiah 52:28 - in the;  Ezekiel 18:19 - Why;  Ezekiel 22:2 - bloody city;  Matthew 1:10 - Manasses;  Matthew 27:25 - His