--- title: "Bullinger" description: "Nebuchadnezzar. Or, Nebuchadrezzar (Jeremiah 21:2 , Jeremiah 21:7 ; Jeremiah 22:25 ), or Nebuchadonosor in Josephus and Berosus, Septuagint, and Vulgate." image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/24" --- **Nebuchadnezzar.** Or, Nebuchadrezzar ([Jeremiah 21:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/21/2) , [Jeremiah 21:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/21/7) ; [Jeremiah 22:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/25) ), or Nebuchadonosor in Josephus and Berosus, Septuagint, and Vulgate. This is the first occurrence of his name in Scripture. **came up.** In the fourth year of Jehoiakim ([Jeremiah 25:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/1) ; [Jeremiah 46:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/2) ). Daniel says in third year ([2 Kings 1:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/1) ); but he writes from Babylon, whence Nebuchadnezzar set out, and here (compare [Jeremiah 46:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/2) ), it refers to the actual coming. The Babylonian Servitude begins here (496 to 426 BC). **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **bands** = marauding bands. **children** = sons. **by** = through. Hebrew by the hand of "Hand" put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), for what is effected by it. **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. **blood.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species), for murder, and the guilt of it. **the rest.** See [2 Chronicles 36:6-8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/6-8) . **are they not . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* **slept with his fathers.** Only the fact referred to here. Not the *manner* of his death and burial, for which see [Jeremiah 22:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/18) , [Jeremiah 22:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/19) ; [Jeremiah 36:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/36/29) , [Jeremiah 36:30](../../../kjv/jeremiah/36/30) It was as foretold. The expression "slept with his fathers" is used even of Ahab; and every king of Judah whose *death* is recorded is said also to have been *buried,* except Jehoiakim. See note on [Deuteronomy 31:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/16) . **Jehoiachin.** Called also Coniah and Jeconiah ([Jeremiah 22:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/24) ; [Jeremiah 24:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/24/1) ). **eighteen.** This was his age. In [2 Chronicles 36:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/9) he is said to be eight. See note there. **three months.** Is put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Part), for three months and ten days. Compare [2 Chronicles 36:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/9) . **the servants Of.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint and Syriac, omit these words, and read "came up". **and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ) 2Kings 11-16 to emphasize every detail. **did besiege** = were besieging. **officers:** i.e. eunuchs or chamberlains. **the eighth year.** Computed from the time that his father entrusted him with regal authority. This was the 4th year of Jehoiakim ([Jeremiah 25:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/1) , Compare 2Ki 32:1 ). **as** = according as. **had said.** Compare [2 Kings 20:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/20/17) . **carried away.** This deportation was eleven years before that of Zedekiah ([2 Kings 25:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/18) ). Mordecai was in this deportation. See note on [2 Chronicles 36:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/6) . The Captivity begun in 489. **craftsmen** = artificers. **the People of the land.** Compare [2 Kings 23:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/6) . **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](../../../kjv/jeremiah/29/1) ). Among them Ezekiel ([2 Kings 1:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/12) ), Daniel, and Nehemiah. **men.** Hebrew. *'enosh.* App-14 . **smiths** = armourers. **changed his name.** See note on [2 Kings 23:34](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/34) . **Hamutal.** Therefore only half-brother to Jehoiakim, but full brother to Jehoahaz. **did that which was evil.** See [2 Chronicles 36:12-16](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/12-16) . [Jeremiah 24:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/24/8) ; [Jeremiah 37:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/37/2) ; [Jeremiah 38:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/2) , [Jeremiah 38:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/5) . **rebelled.** Though bound by oath ([2 Chronicles 36:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/13) .[Ezekiel 17:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/17/13); [Ezekiel 17:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/17/13) ). ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/24#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 24"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/24#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/24","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 24","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/24#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Nebuchadnezzar. 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