Lux Domini
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

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Interpretation

If Jehoiakim had served the Lord, he had not been servant to Nebuchadnezzar. If he had been content with his servitude, and true to his word, his condition had been no worse; but, rebelling against Babylon, he plunged himself into more trouble.

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This thought runs through 2 Kings 24:5-7.

Glossary

Jehoiakim Person
He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (B. C. 610-599). His original name was Eliakim (q. v. ).