By God — Who had required him to swear fealty and constant obedience to him by the true God, whom he called upon to be a witness against him if he broke his oath. So his rebellion was aggravated with perjury, and horrid contempt of God.
The oath of allegiance was taken when he was first installed in his kingdom. On Zedekiah’s sin in breaking his oath, see Ezekiel 17:18; Ezekiel 21:25....
9. THE FINAL DECLINE AND APOSTASY CHAPTER 36:1-14 _ 1. Jehoahaz's reign (2 Chronicles 36:1)_ 2. Jehoiachin's brief reign (2 Chronicles 36:8) 3. Zedekiah (2 Chronicles
MADE HIM SWEAR. Ezekiel refers to this (Ezekiel 17:11)....
_who had made him swear by God_ Cp. Ezekiel 17:11-19....
21. THE REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH (2 Chronicles 36:11-17) TEXT 2 Chronicles 36:11. Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: 12. and he did that...
_AND HE ALSO REBELLED AGAINST KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, WHO HAD MADE HIM SWEAR BY GOD: BUT HE STIFFENED HIS NECK, AND HARDENED HIS HEART FROM TURNING UNTO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL._ Who had made him swear....
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM This is a brief record of the reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, and of the destruction of Jerusalem. The first twenty vv. of this chapter are abbreviated...
MADE HIM SWEAR] Ezekiel refers to this in 2 Chronicles 17:13....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 36 JEHOAHAZ – 2 CHRONICLES 36:1-4 V1 The people in Judah chose Josiah’s...
AND HE ALSO REBELLED. — 2 Kings 24:20. WHO HAD MADE HIM SWEAR BY GOD. — When Nebuchadnezzar appointed Zedekiah vassal-king of Judah, he would naturally make him swear fealty to himself by the God of h...
וְ֠ גַם בַּ † מֶּ֤לֶךְ נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר֙ מָרָ֔ד...
THE LAST KINGS OF JUDAH 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Chronicles 35:1; 2 Chronicles 36:1 WHATEVER influence Manasseh's reformation exercised over his people generally, the taint of idolatry was
DEFEAT AND EXILE 2 Chronicles 36:11 It is expressly stated in Ezekiel 17:13 that Nebuchadnezzar administered to Zedekiah an oath of fealty in the presence of Jehovah. Hence by his rebellion, he not o...
This is the record of the final movements in the downward course of Judah. They are graphically given. First Jehoahaz reigned for three months, and was deposed by the king of Egypt. Jehoiakim succeede...
_By God, to be faithful. T. --- This enhances his crime. C._...
Here we arrive to the sad page of Judah's history. To enter into a full detail of this history of the church we must connect with it the writings of the prophet Jeremiah. The character of Zedekiah, an...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 THROUGH 36. Manasseh, his son, who gave himself up to iniquity in spite of the warnings of the prophets, brought desolation and ruin upon himself and after...
2 Chronicles 36:1...
Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. Ver. 11-13. _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 24:10 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 24:11 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 2...
_Who had made him swear by God_ Who had required him to swear fealty and constant obedience to him, by the true God, whom he called upon to be a witness against him if he broke his oath. So his rebell...
1 Iehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and caried into Egypt. 5 Iehoiakim raigning ill, is caried bound into Babylon. 9 Iehoiachin succeeding reigneth ill, and is brought into Babylon. 11 Ze...
And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God, taking a solemn oath of loyalty from him. wherefore his league with Pharaohhophrah of Egypt included the crime of perju...
Zedekiah's Reign and the end of Judah...
JEHOIAKIM'S REIGN AND CAPTIVITY (vv.5-8) Jehoiakim was evidently older than Jehoahaz for he was 25 when he began to reign (cf.v.2). He reigned 11 years in Judah, but he also dishonoured the memory o...
1-21 The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion towar...
WHO HAD MADE HIM SWEAR BY GOD; who had required and forced him to swear fealty and constant obedience to him by the true God, whom he had served, and whom he called upon to be a witness against him if...
2 Chronicles 36:13 rebelled H4775 (H8804) King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 swear H7650 (H8689) God H430 stiffened...
CONTENTS: Reign and dethronement of Jehoahaz. Final deportation. Captivity of Judah in Babylon. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoahaz, Jehoiachin, Jehoikim, Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah, Cyrus, Eliakim, Necho. CONC...
2 Chronicles 36:2. _Jehoahaz the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem._ Necho summoned him to Riblah, put him in irons, and made his elder brother Eliakim king in his room, and changed his name to...
2 CHRONICLES 36:1 The Last Four Kings. Compare 2 Kings 23:31. The Chronicler summarizes the reigns of Judah’s last four kings. Because they abandon the covenant after Josiah’s death, all four will go...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 36:11 The reign of ZEDEKIAH (597–586 B.C.) ended in rebellion, a siege of almost two years, the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, and the deportation of its le...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter gives the reigns of Jehoahaz (2 Chronicles 36:1), of Jehoiakim (2 Chronicles 36:5), of Jehoiachin (2 Chronicles 36:9), and of Zedekiah ...
EXPOSITION One short chapter now brings to a conclusion the work, in so many aspects remarkable, called 'The Chronicles.' And thirteen verses sum the contents of the four last pre-Captivity kings of t...
Now at his death, Jehoahaz began to reign. He was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for only three months in Jerusalem. And the king of Egypt came up, conquered him, and to...
2 Kings 17:4; 2 Kings 24:20; 2 Samuel 21:2; Exodus 8:15; Exodus 8:32;...