מלכים ב כ״ג:ל״ו-כ״ד:ז׳

אך על פי ה' היתה. כל הרעה הבאה ביהודה על ידי הגדודים האלה:

Indeed, it was by the order of Adonoy. All the calamity that befell Yehudah through these bands.¹I.e., all the calamity had been preordained from the time of Menashe's reign.—Radak

וישכב יהויקים. לא על מטתו, כי אסרו נבוכדנאצר בנחושתים להוליכו בבלה, והיו מגררין אותו ומת בידם, כמו שנאמר (ירמיהו כב יט): קבורת חמור יקבר סחוב והשלך. ובדברי הימים (ב לו ו) כתב שאסרו נבוכדנאצר להוליכו בבלה:

Yehoyakim lay with his forefathers. [He did] not die in his bed, for Nevuchadnetzar bound him with chains to take him to Bavel, and when they were dragging him he died in their hands,²Scripture therefore, does not mention his burial. There are several different opinions surrounding the circumstances of Yehoyakim's death and burial. See Vayikra Rabboh 19:6. as it is stated, ”With the burial of a donkey will he be buried, dragged and thrown,”³Yirmiyahu 22:19. and in Divrei Hayomim it is written⁴II Divrei Hayomim 36:6. The verse there states, “Nevuchadnetzar king of Bavel attacked him [Yehoyakim] and bound him in chains to take him to Bavel.” that Nevuchadnetzar bound him to take him to Bavel.

לצאת מארצו. לעזור ליהויקים:

Left his land. To aid Yehoyakim.

כי לקח מלך בבל וגו'. שנצחו במלחמה בשנת הרביעית ליהויקים, בכרכמיש על נהר פרת, ככתוב בספר ירמיהו (מו ב):

For the king of Bavel had taken, etc. For he defeated him in battle in the fourth year of Yehoyakim in Charchemish on the Euphrates River, as it is written in the Book of Yirmiyohu.⁵46:2.