Now the rest of the acts. — (Comp. 2 Kings 24:5.)
And his abominations which he did. — His crimes against God and man, i.e., probably acts of idolatry and tyranny. (Comp. Jeremiah 25:6; Jeremiah 7:5-11; Jeremiah 22:13-19; covetousness, shedding innocent blood, &c. charged against him.)
That which was found in him. — 2 Chronicles 19:3. His general character and conduct.
As in the case of Anion (2 Chronicles 33:25), the last particulars about Jehoiakim are omitted in this flying notice of his reign, which was only memorable because of the invasion of Nebuchadnezzar. The LXX., however, gives instead of this verse 2 Kings 24:5-6, interpolating in the latter “and was buried with his fathers in the garden of Uzza” (ἐν γανοζαῆ or γανοζάν; see 2 Kings 21:26). Thenius says “these words certainly (!) stood in the original text,” but were omitted by the chronicler and the editor of Kings, because they conflict with the prophecy of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 22:18-19; Jeremiah 36:30) — which is apparently the reason why he is so sure of their genuineness.
JEHOIACHIN (2 Chronicles 36:9-10). (Comp. 2 Kings 24:8-17; 2 Kings 3 Esdr. 1:41-44; Jeremiah 22:24-30; Ezekiel 19:5-9.)