Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 36:14
Polluted the house of the Lord - Toward the close of Zedekiah’s reign idolatrous rites of several different kinds were intruded into the sacred precincts of the temple (compare Ezekiel 8:10).
Polluted the house of the Lord - Toward the close of Zedekiah’s reign idolatrous rites of several different kinds were intruded into the sacred precincts of the temple (compare Ezekiel 8:10).
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
TRANSGRESSED VERY MUCH. abounded in treachery. Hebrew "multiplied to transgress transgression". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_, for emphasis. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44. HEATHEN. nations. HALLOWED. See...
_the chief_ R.V. THE CHIEFS. _transgressed very much_ R.V. TRESPASSED VERY GREATLY. _polluted the house_ Jeremiah 7:9-11; Jeremiah 23:11-14; Ezekiel 8:5-16....
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...
_MOREOVER ALL THE CHIEF OF THE PRIESTS, AND THE PEOPLE, TRANSGRESSED VERY MUCH AFTER ALL THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE HEATHEN; AND POLLUTED THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WHICH HE HAD HALLOWED IN JERUSALEM._ No JF...
36:14 transgressions, (d-13) Or 'unfaithfulness.'...
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...
MOREOVER, etc.] In 2 Chronicles 36:14 the writer briefly explains the causes which led to the final destruction of Jerusalem and its inhabitants. For instances of the abominations of the heathen see 2...
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...
SINS OF THE RULING CLASSES WHICH BROUGHT DOWN THE JUDGMENT OF GOD (2 Chronicles 36:14). (Comp. with this passage 2 Kings 17:7.) (14) THE CHIEFS. — _The princes._ TRANSGRESSED VERY MUCH. — _Committed...
גַּ֠ם כָּל ־שָׂרֵ֨י הַ כֹּהֲנִ֤ים וְ הָ
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...
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...
MOREOVER, THE CHIEF OF THE PRIESTS, AND OF THE PEOPLE, TRANSGRESSED VERY MUCH AFTER ALL THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE HEATHENS,.... The priests, and even the chief of them, who should have instructed the pe...
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. Ver. 14...
_The people transgressed very much_ They were universally corrupt, and therefore God justly brought upon them a general destruction. _Rising up betimes, and sending them_ Sending them early and dilige...
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...
Moreover, all the chief of the priests and the people transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen, thus agreeing with the king in his idolatrous practices; AND POLLUTED THE HOUSE...
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...
THE PEOPLE TRANSGRESSED VERY MUCH; they were universally corrupt, and therefore God justly brought upon them a general destruction....
2 Chronicles 36:14 leaders H8269 priests H3548 people H5971 transgressed H4603 (H8800) more H4604 more H7235 ...
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 Chronicles 28:3; 2 Chronicles 33:4; 2 Chronicles 33:9; 2 Kings 16:10;...